#EE9B5D#EE9B5D
#EE9B5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE9B5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 155, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 60.9%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.16, 25.14, 44.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.16, 51.38, 60.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.07% 0.0704 0.1051) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.07% 0.126 56.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9604, 42.4145, 15.9621) |
| Luminance | 0.4241 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.37
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.84
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 3.87
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.01
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.37
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE9B5D #5DB0EE
analogous
#EE5D68 #EE9B5D #EEE35D
triadic
#EE9B5D #5DEE9B #9B5DEE
tetradic
#EE9B5D #68EE5D #5DB0EE #E35DEE
square
#EE9B5D #68EE5D #5DB0EE #E35DEE
split-complementary
#EE9B5D #5DEEE3 #5D68EE
monochromatic
#BD5C14 #E87926 #EE9B5D #F4BD94 #FADFCC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#EE9B5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.48
#EE9B5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE9B5D
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE9B5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE9B5D | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.48 | 9.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 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)
#B3A357
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee9b5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 56.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8b98c',
500: '#ee9b5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee9b5d; $custom-light: #f8b98c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee9b5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 155,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.655,
"s": 81.006,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76067,
"c": 0.12647,
"h": 56.2
},
"luminance": 0.4241
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE9B5D
secondary
#BBD7EC
accent
#82DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D