#EE9959#EE9959

#EE9959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9959
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 25.93, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 53.01, 60.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0722 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.13 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4577, 41.6853, 14.9433)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9959 #59AEEE

analogous

#EE5964 #EE9959 #EEE459

triadic

#EE9959 #59EE99 #9959EE

tetradic

#EE9959 #64EE59 #59AEEE #E459EE

square

#EE9959 #64EE59 #59AEEE #E459EE

split-complementary

#EE9959 #59EEE4 #5964EE

monochromatic

#BA5B13 #E87721 #EE9959 #F4BB91 #F9DDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EE9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#EE9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9959

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9959	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b78a',
    500: '#ee9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9959;
$custom-light: #f8b78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.772,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75663,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9959

secondary

#B7D5EB

accent

#82DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9959

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

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