#EE9C61#EE9C61

#EE9C61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.124 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C61
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 97)
HSL	hsl(25, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(25, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 24.89, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 49.78, 60.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0702 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.124 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3093, 42.8215, 16.9754)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C61 #61B3EE

analogous

#EE616D #EE9C61 #EEE261

triadic

#EE9C61 #61EE9C #9C61EE

tetradic

#EE9C61 #6DEE61 #61B3EE #E261EE

square

#EE9C61 #6DEE61 #61B3EE #E261EE

split-complementary

#EE9C61 #61EEE2 #616DEE

monochromatic

#C05C15 #E8792A #EE9C61 #F4BF98 #FAE1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EE9C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EE9C61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C61

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C61	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)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.124 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b98f',
    500: '#ee9c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c61;
$custom-light: #f8b98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.106,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76298,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C61

secondary

#BED9ED

accent

#84DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C61

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

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