#EE9C4F#EE9C4F

#EE9C4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.135 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C4F
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 79)
HSL	hsl(29, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 66.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 23.73, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 56.98, 65.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0641 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.135 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5632, 42.5230, 13.0458)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C4F #4FA1EE

analogous

#EE4F51 #EE9C4F #EEEC4F

triadic

#EE9C4F #4FEE9C #9C4FEE

tetradic

#EE9C4F #51EE4F #4FA1EE #EC4FEE

square

#EE9C4F #51EE4F #4FA1EE #EC4FEE

split-complementary

#EE9C4F #4FEEEC #4F51EE

monochromatic

#B15F11 #E97D17 #EE9C4F #F3BB87 #F9DBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EE9C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#EE9C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C4F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C4F	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)

#B5A347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.135 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b983',
    500: '#ee9c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c4f;
$custom-light: #f9b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.057,
    "s": 82.383,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76075,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C4F

secondary

#AFCDEA

accent

#76DF07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C4F

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

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