#EE9560#EE9560

#EE9560 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9560
RGB	rgb(238, 149, 96)
HSL	hsl(22, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 28.51, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 50.51, 55.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.081 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.128 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1220, 40.5211, 16.3510)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9560 #60B9EE

analogous

#EE6072 #EE9560 #EEDC60

triadic

#EE9560 #60EE95 #9560EE

tetradic

#EE9560 #72EE60 #60B9EE #DC60EE

square

#EE9560 #72EE60 #60B9EE #DC60EE

split-complementary

#EE9560 #60EEDC #6072EE

monochromatic

#BF5414 #E87029 #EE9560 #F4BA97 #FADFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EE9560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#EE9560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9560

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9560	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 149, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b48e',
    500: '#ee9560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9560;
$custom-light: #f8b48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.394,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75061,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9560

secondary

#BDDBED

accent

#8EDD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9560

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

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