#EE9D5E#EE9D5E

#EE9D5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.125 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9D5E
RGB	rgb(238, 157, 94)
HSL	hsl(26, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 24.15, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 50.95, 61.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0676 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.125 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3406, 43.1036, 16.3087)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9D5E #5EAFEE

analogous

#EE5E67 #EE9D5E #EEE55E

triadic

#EE9D5E #5EEE9D #9D5EEE

tetradic

#EE9D5E #67EE5E #5EAFEE #E55EEE

square

#EE9D5E #67EE5E #5EAFEE #E55EEE

split-complementary

#EE9D5E #5EEEE5 #5E67EE

monochromatic

#BE5E14 #E87B27 #EE9D5E #F4BF95 #FAE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EE9D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#EE9D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9D5E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9D5E	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 157, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.125 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ba8d',
    500: '#ee9d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9d5e;
$custom-light: #f8ba8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76435,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9D5E

secondary

#BBD7EC

accent

#80DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9D5E

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

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