#EE996A#EE996A

#EE996A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.120 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE996A
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 106)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 55.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 27.16, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 46.49, 54.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0783 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.12 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2558, 42.0046, 19.1464)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE996A #6ABFEE

analogous

#EE6A7D #EE996A #EEDB6A

triadic

#EE996A #6AEE99 #996AEE

tetradic

#EE996A #7DEE6A #6ABFEE #DB6AEE

square

#EE996A #7DEE6A #6ABFEE #DB6AEE

split-complementary

#EE996A #6AEEDB #6A7DEE

monochromatic

#C75517 #E87333 #EE996A #F4BFA1 #FBE4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE996A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EE996A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE996A

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE996A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE996A	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee996a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.120 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b795',
    500: '#ee996a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee996a;
$custom-light: #f7b795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee996a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.364,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75905,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE996A

secondary

#C5E0EF

accent

#91DC0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE996A

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

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