#EE9A59#EE9A59

#EE9A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9A59
RGB	rgb(238, 154, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 25.40, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 52.99, 61.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0706 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.129 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6221, 42.0141, 14.9981)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9A59 #59ADEE

analogous

#EE5963 #EE9A59 #EEE459

triadic

#EE9A59 #59EE9A #9A59EE

tetradic

#EE9A59 #63EE59 #59ADEE #E459EE

square

#EE9A59 #63EE59 #59ADEE #E459EE

split-complementary

#EE9A59 #59EEE4 #5963EE

monochromatic

#BA5C13 #E87821 #EE9A59 #F4BC91 #F9DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE9A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EE9A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9A59

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9A59	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 154, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b88a',
    500: '#ee9a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9a59;
$custom-light: #f8b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.174,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75839,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9A59

secondary

#B7D5EB

accent

#80DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9A59

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

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