#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
RGBrgb(238, 154, 89)
HSLhsl(26, 81%, 64%)
HSVhsv(26, 63%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 35.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.88, 25.40, 46.50)
CIE-LCHlch(70.88, 52.99, 61.36°)
OKLaboklab(75.84% 0.0706 0.1083)
OKLCHoklch(75.84% 0.129 56.9)
XYZxyz(48.6221, 42.0141, 14.9981)
Luminance0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##EE9A591.002.239.409.40
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4021.001.001.00
##0000009.4021.001.001.00

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

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#EE9A59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva