#EE9C48#EE9C48

#EE9C48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.139 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C48
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 23.35, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 59.75, 66.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.062 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.139 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3217, 42.4264, 11.7739)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C48 #489AEE

analogous

#EE4948 #EE9C48 #EDEE48

triadic

#EE9C48 #48EE9C #9C48EE

tetradic

#EE9C48 #48EE49 #489AEE #EE48ED

square

#EE9C48 #48EE49 #489AEE #EE48ED

split-complementary

#EE9C48 #48EDEE #4948EE

monochromatic

#AC5F10 #E47E15 #EE9C48 #F3BA80 #F8D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EE9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#EE9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C48

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C48	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)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.139 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b97f',
    500: '#ee9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c48;
$custom-light: #f9b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.361,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76002,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C48

secondary

#A9C9E8

accent

#71DF06

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C48

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

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