#EE9955#EE9955

#EE9955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9955
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 25.67, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 54.59, 61.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0708 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.132 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2943, 41.6200, 14.0826)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9955 #55AAEE

analogous

#EE555D #EE9955 #EEE655

triadic

#EE9955 #55EE99 #9955EE

tetradic

#EE9955 #5DEE55 #55AAEE #E655EE

square

#EE9955 #5DEE55 #55AAEE #E655EE

split-complementary

#EE9955 #55EEE6 #555DEE

monochromatic

#B65B12 #E8781D #EE9955 #F4BA8D #F9DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EE9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#EE9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9955

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9955	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b787',
    500: '#ee9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9955;
$custom-light: #f8b787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9955

secondary

#B4D2EB

accent

#7FDE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9955

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

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