#EE9863#EE9863

#EE9863 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9863
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 99)
HSL	hsl(23, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 58.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 27.15, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 49.18, 56.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0773 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.124 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7436, 41.5389, 17.2526)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9863 #63B9EE

analogous

#EE6373 #EE9863 #EEDE63

triadic

#EE9863 #63EE98 #9863EE

tetradic

#EE9863 #73EE63 #63B9EE #DE63EE

square

#EE9863 #73EE63 #63B9EE #DE63EE

split-complementary

#EE9863 #63EEDE #6373EE

monochromatic

#C25715 #E8742C #EE9863 #F4BC9A #FAE1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EE9863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#EE9863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9863

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9863	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b690',
    500: '#ee9863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9863;
$custom-light: #f8b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.878,
    "s": 80.347,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75624,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9863

secondary

#C0DCED

accent

#8CDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9863

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

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