#EE996D#EE996D

#EE996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE996D
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 54.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 27.40, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 45.40, 52.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0794 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.118 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4146, 42.0681, 19.9825)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE996D #6DC2EE

analogous

#EE6D81 #EE996D #EED96D

triadic

#EE996D #6DEE99 #996DEE

tetradic

#EE996D #81EE6D #6DC2EE #D96DEE

square

#EE996D #81EE6D #6DC2EE #D96DEE

split-complementary

#EE996D #6DEED9 #6D81EE

monochromatic

#C95417 #E87336 #EE996D #F4BFA4 #FBE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#EE996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE996D

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE996D	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)

#B0A269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B56D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b797',
    500: '#ee996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee996d;
$custom-light: #f7b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.465,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75953,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE996D

secondary

#C8E2EF

accent

#94DB0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE996D

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

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