#EE9562#EE9562

#EE9562 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9562
RGB	rgb(238, 149, 98)
HSL	hsl(22, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 28.66, 40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 49.76, 54.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0817 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.126 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2153, 40.5584, 16.8422)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9562 #62BBEE

analogous

#EE6275 #EE9562 #EEDB62

triadic

#EE9562 #62EE95 #9562EE

tetradic

#EE9562 #75EE62 #62BBEE #DB62EE

square

#EE9562 #75EE62 #62BBEE #DB62EE

split-complementary

#EE9562 #62EEDB #6275EE

monochromatic

#C15315 #E8702B #EE9562 #F4BA99 #FAE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#EE9562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#EE9562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9562

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9562	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#AE9F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 149, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b490',
    500: '#ee9562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9562;
$custom-light: #f8b490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.857,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7509,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9562

secondary

#BFDCED

accent

#90DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9562

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

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