#EE9859#EE9859

#EE9859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 55.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9859
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(25, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 26.46, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 53.04, 60.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0737 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.13 55.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2948, 41.3594, 14.8889)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9859 #59AFEE

analogous

#EE5965 #EE9859 #EEE359

triadic

#EE9859 #59EE98 #9859EE

tetradic

#EE9859 #65EE59 #59AFEE #E359EE

square

#EE9859 #65EE59 #59AFEE #E359EE

split-complementary

#EE9859 #59EEE3 #5965EE

monochromatic

#BA5913 #E87621 #EE9859 #F4BA91 #F9DDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EE9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#EE9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9859

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9859	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 55.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b68a',
    500: '#ee9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9859;
$custom-light: #f8b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.369,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75488,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 55.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9859

secondary

#B7D5EB

accent

#83DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9859

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

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