#EE9B48#EE9B48

#EE9B48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.139 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9B48
RGB	rgb(238, 155, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 23.88, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 59.74, 66.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0636 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.139 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1546, 42.0922, 11.7182)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9B48 #489BEE

analogous

#EE4848 #EE9B48 #EEEE48

triadic

#EE9B48 #48EE9B #9B48EE

tetradic

#EE9B48 #48EE48 #489BEE #EE48EE

square

#EE9B48 #48EE48 #489BEE #EE48EE

split-complementary

#EE9B48 #48EEEE #4848EE

monochromatic

#AC5E10 #E47C15 #EE9B48 #F3BA80 #F8D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EE9B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#EE9B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9B48

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9B48	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.139 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b87f',
    500: '#ee9b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9b48;
$custom-light: #f9b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75824,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9B48

secondary

#A9C9E8

accent

#73DF06

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9B48

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

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