#EE996C#EE996C

#EE996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE996C
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 54.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 27.32, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 45.76, 53.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.079 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.119 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3610, 42.0467, 19.7006)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE996C #6CC1EE

analogous

#EE6C80 #EE996C #EEDA6C

triadic

#EE996C #6CEE99 #996CEE

tetradic

#EE996C #80EE6C #6CC1EE #DA6CEE

square

#EE996C #80EE6C #6CC1EE #DA6CEE

split-complementary

#EE996C #6CEEDA #6C80EE

monochromatic

#C85517 #E87335 #EE996C #F4BFA3 #FBE5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#EE996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE996C

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE996C	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b797',
    500: '#ee996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee996c;
$custom-light: #f7b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75937,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE996C

secondary

#C7E1EF

accent

#93DC0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE996C

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

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