#EE9A48#EE9A48

#EE9A48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9A48
RGB	rgb(238, 154, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 24.41, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 59.73, 65.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0651 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.139 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9888, 41.7608, 11.6629)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9A48 #489CEE

analogous

#EE4849 #EE9A48 #EEED48

triadic

#EE9A48 #48EE9A #9A48EE

tetradic

#EE9A48 #49EE48 #489CEE #ED48EE

square

#EE9A48 #49EE48 #489CEE #ED48EE

split-complementary

#EE9A48 #48EEED #4849EE

monochromatic

#AC5D10 #E47B15 #EE9A48 #F3B980 #F8D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EE9A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#EE9A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9A48

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9A48	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 154, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b87f',
    500: '#ee9a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9a48;
$custom-light: #f9b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.639,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9A48

secondary

#A9C9E8

accent

#74DF06

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9A48

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

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