#EE9A55#EE9A55

#EE9A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9A55
RGB	rgb(238, 154, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 25.15, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 54.58, 62.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0692 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.132 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4587, 41.9487, 14.1374)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9A55 #55A9EE

analogous

#EE555C #EE9A55 #EEE755

triadic

#EE9A55 #55EE9A #9A55EE

tetradic

#EE9A55 #5CEE55 #55A9EE #E755EE

square

#EE9A55 #5CEE55 #55A9EE #E755EE

split-complementary

#EE9A55 #55EEE7 #555CEE

monochromatic

#B65C12 #E8791D #EE9A55 #F4BB8D #F9DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EE9A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#EE9A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9A55

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9A55	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 154, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b887',
    500: '#ee9a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9a55;
$custom-light: #f8b887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.059,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75789,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9A55

secondary

#B4D2EB

accent

#7DDE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9A55

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

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