#EE9B66#EE9B66
#EE9B66 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE9B66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 155, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 80%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 57.1%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.27, 25.79, 40.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.27, 47.87, 57.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.19% 0.0736 0.0961) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.19% 0.121 52.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.3827, 42.5835, 18.1864) |
| Luminance | 0.4258 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.96
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.37
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.52
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.23
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.31
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.10
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE9B66 #66B9EE
analogous
#EE6675 #EE9B66 #EEDF66
triadic
#EE9B66 #66EE9B #9B66EE
tetradic
#EE9B66 #75EE66 #66B9EE #DF66EE
square
#EE9B66 #75EE66 #66B9EE #DF66EE
split-complementary
#EE9B66 #66EEDF #6675EE
monochromatic
#C45A16 #E8772F #EE9B66 #F4BF9D #FAE3D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#EE9B66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.52
#EE9B66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE9B66
9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE9B66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE9B66 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.52 | 9.52 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A461
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B666
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee9b66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 155, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 52.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8b992',
500: '#ee9b66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee9b66; $custom-light: #f8b992; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee9b66",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 155,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.382,
"s": 80,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76194,
"c": 0.12104,
"h": 52.5
},
"luminance": 0.42579
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE9B66
secondary
#C2DDEE
accent
#8ADC09
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E