#EE9E56#EE9E56

#EE9E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.130 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E56
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 23.09, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 54.18, 64.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0632 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.13 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1699, 43.3071, 14.5718)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E56 #56A6EE

analogous

#EE565A #EE9E56 #EEEA56

triadic

#EE9E56 #56EE9E #9E56EE

tetradic

#EE9E56 #5AEE56 #56A6EE #EA56EE

square

#EE9E56 #5AEE56 #56A6EE #EA56EE

split-complementary

#EE9E56 #56EEEA #565AEE

monochromatic

#B76012 #E87E1E #EE9E56 #F4BE8E #F9DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EE9E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#EE9E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E56

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E56	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.130 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb88',
    500: '#ee9e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e56;
$custom-light: #f8bb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76512,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E56

secondary

#B5D1EB

accent

#78DE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E56

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

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