#EE9972#EE9972

#EE9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9972
RGB	rgb(238, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(19, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(19, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 27.82, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 43.65, 50.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0813 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.115 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6914, 42.1788, 21.4406)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9972 #72C7EE

analogous

#EE7289 #EE9972 #EED772

triadic

#EE9972 #72EE99 #9972EE

tetradic

#EE9972 #89EE72 #72C7EE #D772EE

square

#EE9972 #89EE72 #72C7EE #D772EE

split-complementary

#EE9972 #72EED7 #7289EE

monochromatic

#CD5119 #E7713B #EE9972 #F5C1A9 #FBE8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#EE9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9972

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9972	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b79b',
    500: '#ee9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9972;
$custom-light: #f7b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.871,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76036,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9972

secondary

#CCE5F0

accent

#99DB0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9972

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

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