#EE9B61#EE9B61

#EE9B61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.124 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9B61
RGB	rgb(238, 155, 97)
HSL	hsl(25, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(25, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 25.42, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 49.81, 59.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0718 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.124 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1422, 42.4873, 16.9197)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9B61 #61B4EE

analogous

#EE616D #EE9B61 #EEE161

triadic

#EE9B61 #61EE9B #9B61EE

tetradic

#EE9B61 #6DEE61 #61B4EE #E161EE

square

#EE9B61 #6DEE61 #61B4EE #E161EE

split-complementary

#EE9B61 #61EEE1 #616DEE

monochromatic

#C05B15 #E8782A #EE9B61 #F4BE98 #FAE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EE9B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#EE9B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9B61

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9B61	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.124 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b98f',
    500: '#ee9b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9b61;
$custom-light: #f8b98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.681,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76122,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9B61

secondary

#BEDAED

accent

#86DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9B61

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

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