#EE9556#EE9556

#EE9556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9556
RGB	rgb(238, 149, 86)
HSL	hsl(25, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 27.84, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 54.33, 59.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0775 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.133 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6906, 40.3485, 14.0787)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9556 #56AFEE

analogous

#EE5663 #EE9556 #EEE156

triadic

#EE9556 #56EE95 #9556EE

tetradic

#EE9556 #63EE56 #56AFEE #E156EE

square

#EE9556 #63EE56 #56AFEE #E156EE

split-complementary

#EE9556 #56EEE1 #5663EE

monochromatic

#B75712 #E8721E #EE9556 #F4B88E #F9DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#EE9556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#EE9556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9556

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9556	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 149, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b487',
    500: '#ee9556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9556;
$custom-light: #f8b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.868,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74928,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9556

secondary

#B5D5EB

accent

#85DE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9556

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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