#EE9962#EE9962

#EE9962 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9962
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(24, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 26.55, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 49.50, 57.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0753 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.124 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8590, 41.8459, 17.0568)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9962 #62B7EE

analogous

#EE6271 #EE9962 #EEDF62

triadic

#EE9962 #62EE99 #9962EE

tetradic

#EE9962 #71EE62 #62B7EE #DF62EE

square

#EE9962 #71EE62 #62B7EE #DF62EE

split-complementary

#EE9962 #62EEDF #6271EE

monochromatic

#C15815 #E8752B #EE9962 #F4BD99 #FAE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EE9962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9962

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9962	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b790',
    500: '#ee9962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9962;
$custom-light: #f8b790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.571,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75785,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9962

secondary

#BFDBED

accent

#89DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9962

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

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