#EE9842#EE9842

#EE9842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.143 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9842
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 72.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 25.17, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 62.03, 66.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0665 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.143 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4752, 41.0316, 10.5728)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9842 #4298EE

analogous

#EE4242 #EE9842 #EEEE42

triadic

#EE9842 #42EE98 #9842EE

tetradic

#EE9842 #42EE42 #4298EE #EE42EE

square

#EE9842 #42EE42 #4298EE #EE42EE

split-complementary

#EE9842 #42EEEE #4242EE

monochromatic

#A75B0F #DF7914 #EE9842 #F3B77A #F8D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EE9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#EE9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9842

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9842	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.143 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b67b',
    500: '#ee9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9842;
$custom-light: #f9b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75237,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9842

secondary

#A5C6E7

accent

#94FA2E

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9842

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

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