#EE9D55#EE9D55

#EE9D55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9D55
RGB	rgb(238, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 23.56, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 54.58, 64.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0645 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.131 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9600, 42.9514, 14.3045)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9D55 #55A6EE

analogous

#EE5559 #EE9D55 #EEE955

triadic

#EE9D55 #55EE9D #9D55EE

tetradic

#EE9D55 #59EE55 #55A6EE #E955EE

square

#EE9D55 #59EE55 #55A6EE #E955EE

split-complementary

#EE9D55 #55EEE9 #5559EE

monochromatic

#B65F12 #E87D1D #EE9D55 #F4BD8D #F9DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EE9D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#EE9D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9D55

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9D55	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ba87',
    500: '#ee9d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9d55;
$custom-light: #f8ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76321,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9D55

secondary

#B4D1EB

accent

#79DE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9D55

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

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