#EE9B59#EE9B59

#EE9B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9B59
RGB	rgb(238, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 24.87, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 52.97, 62.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.069 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.129 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7878, 42.3455, 15.0533)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9B59 #59ACEE

analogous

#EE5962 #EE9B59 #EEE559

triadic

#EE9B59 #59EE9B #9B59EE

tetradic

#EE9B59 #62EE59 #59ACEE #E559EE

square

#EE9B59 #62EE59 #59ACEE #E559EE

split-complementary

#EE9B59 #59EEE5 #5962EE

monochromatic

#BA5D13 #E87A21 #EE9B59 #F4BC91 #F9DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EE9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#EE9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9B59

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9B59	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b88a',
    500: '#ee9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9b59;
$custom-light: #f8b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.577,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76015,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9B59

secondary

#B7D4EB

accent

#7FDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9B59

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

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