#EE9966#EE9966

#EE9966 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.122 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9966
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 102)
HSL	hsl(23, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(23, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 57.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 26.85, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 47.98, 55.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0768 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.122 51)
XYZ	xyz(49.0526, 41.9233, 18.0764)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9966 #66BBEE

analogous

#EE6677 #EE9966 #EEDD66

triadic

#EE9966 #66EE99 #9966EE

tetradic

#EE9966 #77EE66 #66BBEE #DD66EE

square

#EE9966 #77EE66 #66BBEE #DD66EE

split-complementary

#EE9966 #66EEDD #6677EE

monochromatic

#C45716 #E8742F #EE9966 #F4BE9D #FAE2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#EE9966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9966

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9966	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)

#B1A262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.122 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b792',
    500: '#ee9966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9966;
$custom-light: #f8b792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75843,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.41919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9966

secondary

#C2DDEE

accent

#8DDC09

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9966

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

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