#EE9848#EE9848

#EE9848 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9848
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 72)
HSL	hsl(29, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 25.47, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 59.72, 64.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0683 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.14 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6615, 41.1061, 11.5538)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9848 #489EEE

analogous

#EE484B #EE9848 #EEEB48

triadic

#EE9848 #48EE98 #9848EE

tetradic

#EE9848 #4BEE48 #489EEE #EB48EE

square

#EE9848 #4BEE48 #489EEE #EB48EE

split-complementary

#EE9848 #48EEEB #484BEE

monochromatic

#AC5B10 #E47915 #EE9848 #F3B880 #F8D7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EE9848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#EE9848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9848

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9848	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b67e',
    500: '#ee9848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9848;
$custom-light: #f9b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.916,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75294,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9848

secondary

#A9CAE8

accent

#77DF06

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9848

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

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