#EE9B45#EE9B45

#EE9B45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.141 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9B45
RGB	rgb(238, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(31, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 71%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 23.73, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 60.90, 67.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0627 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.141 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0591, 42.0540, 11.2153)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9B45 #4598EE

analogous

#EE4745 #EE9B45 #ECEE45

triadic

#EE9B45 #45EE9B #9B45EE

tetradic

#EE9B45 #45EE47 #4598EE #EE45EC

square

#EE9B45 #45EE47 #4598EE #EE45EC

split-complementary

#EE9B45 #45ECEE #4745EE

monochromatic

#A95E0F #E17D15 #EE9B45 #F3B97D #F8D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE9B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#EE9B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9B45

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9B45	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.141 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b87d',
    500: '#ee9b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9b45;
$custom-light: #f9b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.533,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75796,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9B45

secondary

#A7C7E8

accent

#71E006

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9B45

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

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