#EE9D66#EE9D66
#EE9D66 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.120 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE9D66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 157, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 80%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34%, 57.1%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.73, 24.73, 40.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.73, 47.78, 58.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.55% 0.0704 0.0973) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.55% 0.12 54.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.7183, 43.2547, 18.2983) |
| Luminance | 0.4325 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.66
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.74
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.43
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.92
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE9D66 #66B7EE
analogous
#EE6673 #EE9D66 #EEE166
triadic
#EE9D66 #66EE9D #9D66EE
tetradic
#EE9D66 #73EE66 #66B7EE #E166EE
square
#EE9D66 #73EE66 #66B7EE #E166EE
split-complementary
#EE9D66 #66EEE1 #6673EE
monochromatic
#C45C16 #E87A2F #EE9D66 #F4C09D #FAE4D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#EE9D66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.65
#EE9D66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE9D66
9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE9D66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE9D66 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.65 | 9.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A561
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B766
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee9d66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 157, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.120 54.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7ba93',
500: '#ee9d66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee9d66; $custom-light: #f7ba93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee9d66",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 157,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.265,
"s": 80,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76547,
"c": 0.12014,
"h": 54.1
},
"luminance": 0.4325
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE9D66
secondary
#C2DCEE
accent
#87DC09
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E