#EE9C5A#EE9C5A

#EE9C5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.128 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C5A
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 90)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 24.41, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 52.56, 62.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0677 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.128 58)
XYZ	xyz(48.9972, 42.6967, 15.3317)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C5A #5AACEE

analogous

#EE5A62 #EE9C5A #EEE65A

triadic

#EE9C5A #5AEE9C #9C5AEE

tetradic

#EE9C5A #62EE5A #5AACEE #E65AEE

square

#EE9C5A #62EE5A #5AACEE #E65AEE

split-complementary

#EE9C5A #5AEEE6 #5A62EE

monochromatic

#BA5E13 #E87B23 #EE9C5A #F4BD91 #F9DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EE9C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#EE9C5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C5A

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C5A	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)

#B4A454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.128 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b98a',
    500: '#ee9c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c5a;
$custom-light: #f8b98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.757,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76205,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.42692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C5A

secondary

#B8D5EC

accent

#7EDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C5A

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

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