#EE9861#EE9861

#EE9861 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 52.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9861
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 97)
HSL	hsl(23, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 27.00, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 49.94, 57.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0766 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.125 52.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6491, 41.5011, 16.7553)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9861 #61B7EE

analogous

#EE6170 #EE9861 #EEDE61

triadic

#EE9861 #61EE98 #9861EE

tetradic

#EE9861 #70EE61 #61B7EE #DE61EE

square

#EE9861 #70EE61 #61B7EE #DE61EE

split-complementary

#EE9861 #61EEDE #6170EE

monochromatic

#C05715 #E8742A #EE9861 #F4BC98 #FAE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EE9861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#EE9861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9861

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9861	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 52.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b68f',
    500: '#ee9861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9861;
$custom-light: #f8b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.404,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75596,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 52.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9861

secondary

#BEDBED

accent

#8ADD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9861

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

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