#EE9862#EE9862

#EE9862 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.125 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9862
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 98)
HSL	hsl(23, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 27.08, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 49.56, 56.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0769 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.125 52)
XYZ	xyz(48.6960, 41.5199, 17.0024)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9862 #62B8EE

analogous

#EE6272 #EE9862 #EEDE62

triadic

#EE9862 #62EE98 #9862EE

tetradic

#EE9862 #72EE62 #62B8EE #DE62EE

square

#EE9862 #72EE62 #62B8EE #DE62EE

split-complementary

#EE9862 #62EEDE #6272EE

monochromatic

#C15715 #E8742B #EE9862 #F4BC99 #FAE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EE9862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#EE9862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9862

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9862	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)

#B0A15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.125 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b690',
    500: '#ee9862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9862;
$custom-light: #f8b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.143,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7561,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.41515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9862

secondary

#BFDBED

accent

#8BDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9862

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

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