#EE9948#EE9948

#EE9948 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9948
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(29, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 24.94, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 59.72, 65.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0667 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.139 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8245, 41.4320, 11.6081)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9948 #489DEE

analogous

#EE484A #EE9948 #EEEC48

triadic

#EE9948 #48EE99 #9948EE

tetradic

#EE9948 #4AEE48 #489DEE #EC48EE

square

#EE9948 #4AEE48 #489DEE #EC48EE

split-complementary

#EE9948 #48EEEC #484AEE

monochromatic

#AC5C10 #E47A15 #EE9948 #F3B880 #F8D7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EE9948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#EE9948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9948

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9948	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b77f',
    500: '#ee9948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9948;
$custom-light: #f9b77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.277,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7547,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9948

secondary

#A9CAE8

accent

#75DF06

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9948

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

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