#EE9559#EE9559

#EE9559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9559
RGB	rgb(238, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(24, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 28.04, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 53.17, 58.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0785 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.131 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8140, 40.3979, 14.7287)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9559 #59B2EE

analogous

#EE5968 #EE9559 #EEE059

triadic

#EE9559 #59EE95 #9559EE

tetradic

#EE9559 #68EE59 #59B2EE #E059EE

square

#EE9559 #68EE59 #59B2EE #E059EE

split-complementary

#EE9559 #59EEE0 #5968EE

monochromatic

#BA5613 #E87221 #EE9559 #F4B891 #F9DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EE9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#EE9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9559

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9559	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b489',
    500: '#ee9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9559;
$custom-light: #f8b489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.161,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74966,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9559

secondary

#B7D6EB

accent

#88DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9559

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

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