#EE9956#EE9956

#EE9956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9956
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 25.74, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 54.20, 61.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0711 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.131 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3343, 41.6360, 14.2933)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9956 #56ABEE

analogous

#EE565F #EE9956 #EEE556

triadic

#EE9956 #56EE99 #9956EE

tetradic

#EE9956 #5FEE56 #56ABEE #E556EE

square

#EE9956 #5FEE56 #56ABEE #E556EE

split-complementary

#EE9956 #56EEE5 #565FEE

monochromatic

#B75B12 #E8771E #EE9956 #F4BB8E #F9DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EE9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#EE9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9956

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9956	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b788',
    500: '#ee9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9956;
$custom-light: #f8b788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.447,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75625,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9956

secondary

#B5D3EB

accent

#7FDE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9956

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

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