#EE9D60#EE9D60
#EE9D60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE9D60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 157, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34%, 59.7%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.65, 24.29, 43.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.65, 50.15, 61.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.46% 0.0683 0.1034) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.46% 0.124 56.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4315, 43.1399, 16.7875) |
| Luminance | 0.4314 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.49
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.89
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.83
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.37
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE9D60 #60B1EE
analogous
#EE606A #EE9D60 #EEE460
triadic
#EE9D60 #60EE9D #9D60EE
tetradic
#EE9D60 #6AEE60 #60B1EE #E460EE
square
#EE9D60 #6AEE60 #60B1EE #E460EE
split-complementary
#EE9D60 #60EEE4 #606AEE
monochromatic
#BF5E14 #E87B29 #EE9D60 #F4BF97 #FAE1CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#EE9D60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.63
#EE9D60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE9D60
9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE9D60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE9D60 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.63 | 9.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A55B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B760
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee9d60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 157, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 56.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8ba8e',
500: '#ee9d60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee9d60; $custom-light: #f8ba8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee9d60",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 157,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.775,
"s": 80.682,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76462,
"c": 0.12385,
"h": 56.6
},
"luminance": 0.43136
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE9D60
secondary
#BDD8ED
accent
#82DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D