#EE9C5B#EE9C5B

#EE9C5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.127 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C5B
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 91)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 24.47, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 52.16, 62.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0681 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.127 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0401, 42.7138, 15.5573)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C5B #5BADEE

analogous

#EE5B64 #EE9C5B #EEE65B

triadic

#EE9C5B #5BEE9C #9C5BEE

tetradic

#EE9C5B #64EE5B #5BADEE #E65BEE

square

#EE9C5B #64EE5B #5BADEE #E65BEE

split-complementary

#EE9C5B #5BEEE6 #5B64EE

monochromatic

#BB5E13 #E87B24 #EE9C5B #F4BD92 #F9DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EE9C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#EE9C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C5B

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C5B	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)

#B4A455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.127 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b98b',
    500: '#ee9c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c5b;
$custom-light: #f8b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.531,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76218,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C5B

secondary

#B9D5EC

accent

#7FDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C5B

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

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