#EE9A62#EE9A62

#EE9A62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.124 H 53.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9A62
RGB	rgb(238, 154, 98)
HSL	hsl(24, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 26.02, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 49.45, 58.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0737 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.124 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0234, 42.1746, 17.1115)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9A62 #62B6EE

analogous

#EE6270 #EE9A62 #EEE062

triadic

#EE9A62 #62EE9A #9A62EE

tetradic

#EE9A62 #70EE62 #62B6EE #E062EE

square

#EE9A62 #70EE62 #62B6EE #E062EE

split-complementary

#EE9A62 #62EEE0 #6270EE

monochromatic

#C15A15 #E8762B #EE9A62 #F4BE99 #FAE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE9A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#EE9A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9A62

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9A62	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)

#B2A35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 154, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.124 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b890',
    500: '#ee9a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9a62;
$custom-light: #f8b890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9A62

secondary

#BFDBED

accent

#88DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9A62

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

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