#EE9561#EE9561

#EE9561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9561
RGB	rgb(238, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(22, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 28.59, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 50.14, 55.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0813 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.127 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1684, 40.5396, 16.5951)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9561 #61BAEE

analogous

#EE6173 #EE9561 #EEDC61

triadic

#EE9561 #61EE95 #9561EE

tetradic

#EE9561 #73EE61 #61BAEE #DC61EE

square

#EE9561 #73EE61 #61BAEE #DC61EE

split-complementary

#EE9561 #61EEDC #6173EE

monochromatic

#C05415 #E8702A #EE9561 #F4BA98 #FADFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EE9561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#EE9561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9561

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9561	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b48f',
    500: '#ee9561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9561;
$custom-light: #f8b48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.128,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9561

secondary

#BEDCED

accent

#8FDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9561

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

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