#EE9B5B#EE9B5B

#EE9B5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9B5B
RGB	rgb(238, 155, 91)
HSL	hsl(26, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 25.00, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 52.18, 61.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0697 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.128 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8730, 42.3796, 15.5016)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9B5B #5BAEEE

analogous

#EE5B65 #EE9B5B #EEE45B

triadic

#EE9B5B #5BEE9B #9B5BEE

tetradic

#EE9B5B #65EE5B #5BAEEE #E45BEE

square

#EE9B5B #65EE5B #5BAEEE #E45BEE

split-complementary

#EE9B5B #5BEEE4 #5B65EE

monochromatic

#BB5C13 #E87924 #EE9B5B #F4BD92 #F9DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EE9B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#EE9B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9B5B

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9B5B	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b88b',
    500: '#ee9b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9b5b;
$custom-light: #f8b88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.122,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76041,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9B5B

secondary

#B9D6EC

accent

#81DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9B5B

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

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