#EE9656#EE9656

#EE9656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9656
RGB	rgb(238, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(25, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 27.32, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 54.29, 59.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0759 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.133 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8495, 40.6663, 14.1317)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9656 #56AEEE

analogous

#EE5662 #EE9656 #EEE256

triadic

#EE9656 #56EE96 #9656EE

tetradic

#EE9656 #62EE56 #56AEEE #E256EE

square

#EE9656 #62EE56 #56AEEE #E256EE

split-complementary

#EE9656 #56EEE2 #5662EE

monochromatic

#B75812 #E8731E #EE9656 #F4B98E #F9DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#EE9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#EE9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9656

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9656	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b587',
    500: '#ee9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9656;
$custom-light: #f8b587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.263,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75101,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9656

secondary

#B5D4EB

accent

#84DE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9656

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

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