#EE996B#EE996B

#EE996B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE996B
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 55%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 27.24, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 46.13, 53.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0786 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.119 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3081, 42.0255, 19.4219)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE996B #6BC0EE

analogous

#EE6B7E #EE996B #EEDB6B

triadic

#EE996B #6BEE99 #996BEE

tetradic

#EE996B #7EEE6B #6BC0EE #DB6BEE

square

#EE996B #7EEE6B #6BC0EE #DB6BEE

split-complementary

#EE996B #6BEEDB #6B7EEE

monochromatic

#C85517 #E87334 #EE996B #F4BFA2 #FBE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EE996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE996B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE996B	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)

#B0A267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b796',
    500: '#ee996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee996b;
$custom-light: #f7b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.069,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75921,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE996B

secondary

#C6E0EF

accent

#92DC0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE996B

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

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