#EE9C55#EE9C55

#EE9C55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.131 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C55
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 24.09, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 54.57, 63.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0661 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.131 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7915, 42.6144, 14.2483)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C55 #55A7EE

analogous

#EE555A #EE9C55 #EEE855

triadic

#EE9C55 #55EE9C #9C55EE

tetradic

#EE9C55 #5AEE55 #55A7EE #E855EE

square

#EE9C55 #5AEE55 #55A7EE #E855EE

split-complementary

#EE9C55 #55EEE8 #555AEE

monochromatic

#B65E12 #E87C1D #EE9C55 #F4BC8D #F9DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EE9C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#EE9C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C55

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C55	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)

#B5A34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.131 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b987',
    500: '#ee9c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c55;
$custom-light: #f8b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.843,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76143,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C55

secondary

#B4D1EB

accent

#7ADE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C55

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

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