#EE9965#EE9965

#EE9965 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.123 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9965
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(23, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 26.77, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 48.36, 56.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0764 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.123 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0033, 41.9036, 17.8168)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9965 #65BAEE

analogous

#EE6576 #EE9965 #EEDE65

triadic

#EE9965 #65EE99 #9965EE

tetradic

#EE9965 #76EE65 #65BAEE #DE65EE

square

#EE9965 #76EE65 #65BAEE #DE65EE

split-complementary

#EE9965 #65EEDE #6576EE

monochromatic

#C35716 #E8742E #EE9965 #F4BE9C #FAE2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#EE9965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9965

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9965	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.123 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b792',
    500: '#ee9965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9965;
$custom-light: #f8b792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.774,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75828,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9965

secondary

#C1DDEE

accent

#8CDC09

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9965

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

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