#EE9565#EE9565

#EE9565 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9565
RGB	rgb(238, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 28.88, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 48.66, 53.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0828 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.125 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3596, 40.6161, 17.6022)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9565 #65BEEE

analogous

#EE657A #EE9565 #EEDA65

triadic

#EE9565 #65EE95 #9565EE

tetradic

#EE9565 #7AEE65 #65BEEE #DA65EE

square

#EE9565 #7AEE65 #65BEEE #DA65EE

split-complementary

#EE9565 #65EEDA #657AEE

monochromatic

#C35216 #E86F2E #EE9565 #F4BB9C #FAE1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#EE9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#EE9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9565

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9565	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b492',
    500: '#ee9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9565;
$custom-light: #f8b492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.022,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75135,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9565

secondary

#C1DEEE

accent

#92DC09

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9565

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

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