#EE996F#EE996F

#EE996F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE996F
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 53.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 27.57, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 44.69, 51.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0802 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.117 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5234, 42.1116, 20.5560)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE996F #6FC4EE

analogous

#EE6F84 #EE996F #EED96F

triadic

#EE996F #6FEE99 #996FEE

tetradic

#EE996F #84EE6F #6FC4EE #D96FEE

square

#EE996F #84EE6F #6FC4EE #D96FEE

split-complementary

#EE996F #6FEED9 #6F84EE

monochromatic

#CB5318 #E87238 #EE996F #F4C0A6 #FBE7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#EE996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE996F

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE996F	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)

#B0A36C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B56F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b799',
    500: '#ee996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee996f;
$custom-light: #f7b799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.843,
    "s": 78.882,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75986,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE996F

secondary

#C9E3F0

accent

#96DB0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE996F

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

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