#EE9C65#EE9C65

#EE9C65 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.121 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9C65
RGB	rgb(238, 156, 101)
HSL	hsl(24, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 25.19, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 48.21, 58.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0716 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.121 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5005, 42.8980, 17.9825)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9C65 #65B7EE

analogous

#EE6573 #EE9C65 #EEE165

triadic

#EE9C65 #65EE9C #9C65EE

tetradic

#EE9C65 #73EE65 #65B7EE #E165EE

square

#EE9C65 #73EE65 #65B7EE #E165EE

split-complementary

#EE9C65 #65EEE1 #6573EE

monochromatic

#C35B16 #E8792E #EE9C65 #F4BF9C #FAE3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EE9C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#EE9C65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9C65

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9C65	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 156, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.121 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b992',
    500: '#ee9c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9c65;
$custom-light: #f8b992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.088,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9C65

secondary

#C1DCEE

accent

#88DC09

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9C65

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

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