#EE9853#EE9853

#EE9853 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9853
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(27, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 26.08, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 55.40, 61.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0717 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.134 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0530, 41.2627, 13.6157)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9853 #53A9EE

analogous

#EE535B #EE9853 #EEE653

triadic

#EE9853 #53EE98 #9853EE

tetradic

#EE9853 #5BEE53 #53A9EE #E653EE

square

#EE9853 #5BEE53 #53A9EE #E653EE

split-complementary

#EE9853 #53EEE6 #535BEE

monochromatic

#B55A12 #E8771B #EE9853 #F4B98B #F9DBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EE9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#EE9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9853

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9853	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b686',
    500: '#ee9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9853;
$custom-light: #f8b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.71,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.13353,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9853

secondary

#B2D1EA

accent

#7FDE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9853

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

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