#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
RGB	rgb(238, 157, 91)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 23.95, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 52.16, 62.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0665 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.127 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2086, 43.0508, 15.6135)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##EE9D5B	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #EE9D5B

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

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