#EE9C62#EE9C62

#EE9C62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.123 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C62
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 98)
HSL	hsl(25, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(25, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 24.96, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 49.38, 59.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0706 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.123 55)
XYZ	xyz(49.3562, 42.8403, 17.2225)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C62 #62B4EE

analogous

#EE626E #EE9C62 #EEE262

triadic

#EE9C62 #62EE9C #9C62EE

tetradic

#EE9C62 #6EEE62 #62B4EE #E262EE

square

#EE9C62 #6EEE62 #62B4EE #E262EE

split-complementary

#EE9C62 #62EEE2 #626EEE

monochromatic

#C15C15 #E8792B #EE9C62 #F4BF99 #FAE2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EE9C62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#EE9C62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C62

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C62	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.123 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b990',
    500: '#ee9c62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c62;
$custom-light: #f8b990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.857,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.42836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C62

secondary

#BFDAED

accent

#85DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C62

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

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