#EE9B60#EE9B60
#EE9B60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE9B60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 155, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 59.7%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.19, 25.35, 43.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.19, 50.20, 59.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.11% 0.0714 0.1022) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.11% 0.125 55) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.0959, 42.4687, 16.6757) |
| Luminance | 0.4246 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.78
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.31
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 3.89
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.21
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.53
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE9B60 #60B3EE
analogous
#EE606C #EE9B60 #EEE260
triadic
#EE9B60 #60EE9B #9B60EE
tetradic
#EE9B60 #6CEE60 #60B3EE #E260EE
square
#EE9B60 #6CEE60 #60B3EE #E260EE
split-complementary
#EE9B60 #60EEE2 #606CEE
monochromatic
#BF5B14 #E87829 #EE9B60 #F4BE97 #FAE1CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#EE9B60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#EE9B60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE9B60
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE9B60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE9B60 | 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)
#B3A35B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B660
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee9b60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 55.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8b98e',
500: '#ee9b60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee9b60; $custom-light: #f8b98e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee9b60",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 155,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.93,
"s": 80.682,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76108,
"c": 0.12465,
"h": 55
},
"luminance": 0.42464
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE9B60
secondary
#BDD9ED
accent
#85DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D