#EE9B51#EE9B51

#EE9B51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.134 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9B51
RGB	rgb(238, 155, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 24.38, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 56.17, 64.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0663 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.134 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4700, 42.2184, 13.3792)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9B51 #51A4EE

analogous

#EE5156 #EE9B51 #EEE951

triadic

#EE9B51 #51EE9B #9B51EE

tetradic

#EE9B51 #56EE51 #51A4EE #E951EE

square

#EE9B51 #56EE51 #51A4EE #E951EE

split-complementary

#EE9B51 #51EEE9 #5156EE

monochromatic

#B35E11 #E97B19 #EE9B51 #F3BB89 #F9DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EE9B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#EE9B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9B51

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9B51	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.134 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b884',
    500: '#ee9b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9b51;
$custom-light: #f8b884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.28,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75919,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9B51

secondary

#B1CFEA

accent

#79DF07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9B51

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

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