#EE9C5F#EE9C5F
#EE9C5F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.125 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE9C5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 156, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 60.1%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.41, 24.75, 44.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.41, 50.57, 60.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.27% 0.0695 0.1037) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.27% 0.125 56.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.2172, 42.7847, 16.4904) |
| Luminance | 0.4278 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.68
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.73
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.04
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.00
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.53
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE9C5F #5FB1EE
analogous
#EE5F6A #EE9C5F #EEE35F
triadic
#EE9C5F #5FEE9C #9C5FEE
tetradic
#EE9C5F #6AEE5F #5FB1EE #E35FEE
square
#EE9C5F #6AEE5F #5FB1EE #E35FEE
split-complementary
#EE9C5F #5FEEE3 #5F6AEE
monochromatic
#BE5D14 #E87A28 #EE9C5F #F4BE96 #FAE0CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#EE9C5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.56
#EE9C5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE9C5F
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE9C5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE9C5F | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.56 | 9.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A45A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee9c5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.125 56.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8b98e',
500: '#ee9c5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee9c5f; $custom-light: #f8b98e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee9c5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 156,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.594,
"s": 80.791,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76271,
"c": 0.12486,
"h": 56.2
},
"luminance": 0.4278
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE9C5F
secondary
#BCD8EC
accent
#82DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D