#EE9B5E#EE9B5E

#EE9B5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9B5E
RGB	rgb(238, 155, 94)
HSL	hsl(25, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 25.21, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 50.99, 60.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0707 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.126 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0050, 42.4324, 16.1969)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9B5E #5EB1EE

analogous

#EE5E69 #EE9B5E #EEE35E

triadic

#EE9B5E #5EEE9B #9B5EEE

tetradic

#EE9B5E #69EE5E #5EB1EE #E35EEE

square

#EE9B5E #69EE5E #5EB1EE #E35EEE

split-complementary

#EE9B5E #5EEEE3 #5E69EE

monochromatic

#BE5C14 #E87927 #EE9B5E #F4BD95 #FAE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EE9B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#EE9B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9B5E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9B5E	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b98d',
    500: '#ee9b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9b5e;
$custom-light: #f8b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.417,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7608,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9B5E

secondary

#BBD8EC

accent

#83DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9B5E

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

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