#EE9648#EE9648

#EE9648 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9648
RGB	rgb(238, 150, 72)
HSL	hsl(28, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 26.52, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 59.74, 63.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0714 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.14 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3396, 40.4623, 11.4465)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9648 #48A0EE

analogous

#EE484D #EE9648 #EEE948

triadic

#EE9648 #48EE96 #9648EE

tetradic

#EE9648 #4DEE48 #48A0EE #E948EE

square

#EE9648 #4DEE48 #48A0EE #E948EE

split-complementary

#EE9648 #48EEE9 #484DEE

monochromatic

#AC5910 #E47615 #EE9648 #F3B680 #F8D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EE9648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#EE9648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9648

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9648	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 150, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b57e',
    500: '#ee9648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9648;
$custom-light: #f9b57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.193,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9648

secondary

#A9CBE8

accent

#79DF06

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9648

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

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