#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
RGBrgb(238, 156, 95)
HSLhsl(26, 81%, 65%)
HSVhsv(26, 60%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34.5%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.41, 24.75, 44.10)
CIE-LCHlch(71.41, 50.57, 60.70°)
OKLaboklab(76.27% 0.0695 0.1037)
OKLCHoklch(76.27% 0.125 56.2)
XYZxyz(49.2172, 42.7847, 16.4904)
Luminance0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EE9C5F1.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

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#EE9C5F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva