#EE9C5E#EE9C5E

#EE9C5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.125 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C5E
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 94)
HSL	hsl(26, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 24.68, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 50.96, 61.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0691 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.125 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1721, 42.7666, 16.2526)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C5E #5EB0EE

analogous

#EE5E68 #EE9C5E #EEE45E

triadic

#EE9C5E #5EEE9C #9C5EEE

tetradic

#EE9C5E #68EE5E #5EB0EE #E45EEE

square

#EE9C5E #68EE5E #5EB0EE #E45EEE

split-complementary

#EE9C5E #5EEEE4 #5E68EE

monochromatic

#BE5D14 #E87A27 #EE9C5E #F4BE95 #FAE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EE9C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#EE9C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C5E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C5E	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.125 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b98d',
    500: '#ee9c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c5e;
$custom-light: #f8b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.833,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76257,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C5E

secondary

#BBD7EC

accent

#82DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C5E

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

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