#EE9960#EE9960

#EE9960 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 53.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9960
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 96)
HSL	hsl(24, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 26.40, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 50.27, 58.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0746 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.126 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7658, 41.8086, 16.5656)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9960 #60B5EE

analogous

#EE606E #EE9960 #EEE060

triadic

#EE9960 #60EE99 #9960EE

tetradic

#EE9960 #6EEE60 #60B5EE #E060EE

square

#EE9960 #6EEE60 #60B5EE #E060EE

split-complementary

#EE9960 #60EEE0 #606EEE

monochromatic

#BF5914 #E87629 #EE9960 #F4BC97 #FAE0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#EE9960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9960

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9960	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b78e',
    500: '#ee9960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9960;
$custom-light: #f8b78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.085,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9960

secondary

#BDDAED

accent

#88DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9960

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

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