#EE9873#EE9873

#EE9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.116 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9873
RGB	rgb(238, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(18, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 51.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 28.44, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 43.43, 49.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0833 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.116 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5856, 41.8757, 21.6876)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9873 #73C9EE

analogous

#EE738C #EE9873 #EED673

triadic

#EE9873 #73EE98 #9873EE

tetradic

#EE9873 #8CEE73 #73C9EE #D673EE

square

#EE9873 #8CEE73 #73C9EE #D673EE

split-complementary

#EE9873 #73EED6 #738CEE

monochromatic

#CE4F19 #E7703C #EE9873 #F5C0AA #FBE8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EE9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9873

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9873	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)

#AEA270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.116 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b79b',
    500: '#ee9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9873;
$custom-light: #f7b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.049,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7588,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9873

secondary

#CDE6F0

accent

#9CDB0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9873

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

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