#EE996E#EE996E

#EE996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE996E
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 53.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 27.48, 35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 45.05, 52.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0798 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.118 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4687, 42.0897, 20.2676)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE996E #6EC3EE

analogous

#EE6E83 #EE996E #EED96E

triadic

#EE996E #6EEE99 #996EEE

tetradic

#EE996E #83EE6E #6EC3EE #D96EEE

square

#EE996E #83EE6E #6EC3EE #D96EEE

split-complementary

#EE996E #6EEED9 #6E83EE

monochromatic

#CA5418 #E87237 #EE996E #F4C0A5 #FBE6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#EE996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE996E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE996E	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b798',
    500: '#ee996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee996e;
$custom-light: #f7b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.156,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75969,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE996E

secondary

#C8E2EF

accent

#95DB0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE996E

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

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