#EE9872#EE9872

#EE9872 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.116 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9872
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 114)
HSL	hsl(18, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 28.35, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 43.77, 49.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0829 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.116 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5284, 41.8528, 21.3862)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9872 #72C8EE

analogous

#EE728A #EE9872 #EED672

triadic

#EE9872 #72EE98 #9872EE

tetradic

#EE9872 #8AEE72 #72C8EE #D672EE

square

#EE9872 #8AEE72 #72C8EE #D672EE

split-complementary

#EE9872 #72EED6 #728AEE

monochromatic

#CD5019 #E7703B #EE9872 #F5C0A9 #FBE8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EE9872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9872

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9872	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.116 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b79b',
    500: '#ee9872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9872;
$custom-light: #f7b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.387,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75863,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9872

secondary

#CCE5F0

accent

#9BDB0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9872

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

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