#EE9D5B#EE9D5B

#EE9D5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EE9D5B
RGBrgb(238, 157, 91)
HSLhsl(27, 81%, 65%)
HSVhsv(27, 62%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.59, 23.95, 46.33)
CIE-LCHlch(71.59, 52.16, 62.67°)
OKLaboklab(76.4% 0.0665 0.1082)
OKLCHoklch(76.4% 0.127 58.4)
XYZxyz(49.2086, 43.0508, 15.6135)
Luminance0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EE9D5B #5BACEE
analogous
#EE5B63 #EE9D5B #EEE75B
triadic
#EE9D5B #5BEE9D #9D5BEE
tetradic
#EE9D5B #63EE5B #5BACEE #E75BEE
square
#EE9D5B #63EE5B #5BACEE #E75BEE
split-complementary
#EE9D5B #5BEEE7 #5B63EE
monochromatic
#BB5F13 #E87C24 #EE9D5B #F4BE92 #F9DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#EE9D5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61
#EE9D5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9D5B
9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EE9D5B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EE9D5B1.002.199.619.61
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6121.001.001.00
##0000009.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A455
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B75B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ee9d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 157, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 58.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ba8b',
    500: '#ee9d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ee9d5b;
$custom-light: #f8ba8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ee9d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.939,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76395,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EE9D5B
secondary
#B9D5EC
accent
#7EDE08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D

Preview Lab

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#EE9D5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva