#EE9961#EE9961

#EE9961 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9961
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(24, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 26.48, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 49.89, 57.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.075 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.125 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8121, 41.8271, 16.8096)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9961 #61B6EE

analogous

#EE616F #EE9961 #EEDF61

triadic

#EE9961 #61EE99 #9961EE

tetradic

#EE9961 #6FEE61 #61B6EE #DF61EE

square

#EE9961 #6FEE61 #61B6EE #DF61EE

split-complementary

#EE9961 #61EEDF #616FEE

monochromatic

#C05915 #E8752A #EE9961 #F4BD98 #FAE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#EE9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9961

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9961	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)

#B1A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b78f',
    500: '#ee9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9961;
$custom-light: #f8b78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.83,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7577,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9961

secondary

#BEDAED

accent

#89DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9961

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

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