#EE9C59#EE9C59

#EE9C59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C59
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 24.34, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 52.96, 62.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0674 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.129 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9549, 42.6797, 15.1090)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C59 #59ABEE

analogous

#EE5961 #EE9C59 #EEE759

triadic

#EE9C59 #59EE9C #9C59EE

tetradic

#EE9C59 #61EE59 #59ABEE #E759EE

square

#EE9C59 #61EE59 #59ABEE #E759EE

split-complementary

#EE9C59 #59EEE7 #5961EE

monochromatic

#BA5E13 #E87B21 #EE9C59 #F4BD91 #F9DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EE9C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#EE9C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C59

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C59	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b98a',
    500: '#ee9c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c59;
$custom-light: #f8b98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.98,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76192,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C59

secondary

#B7D4EB

accent

#7EDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C59

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

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