#EE9E5A#EE9E5A

#EE9E5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.127 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E5A
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 90)
HSL	hsl(28, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 23.35, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 52.56, 63.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0646 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.127 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3356, 43.3734, 15.4445)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E5A #5AAAEE

analogous

#EE5A60 #EE9E5A #EEE85A

triadic

#EE9E5A #5AEE9E #9E5AEE

tetradic

#EE9E5A #60EE5A #5AAAEE #E85AEE

square

#EE9E5A #60EE5A #5AAAEE #E85AEE

split-complementary

#EE9E5A #5AEEE8 #5A60EE

monochromatic

#BA6013 #E87D23 #EE9E5A #F4BF91 #F9DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EE9E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#EE9E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E5A

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E5A	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.127 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb8a',
    500: '#ee9e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e5a;
$custom-light: #f8bb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.568,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E5A

secondary

#B8D4EC

accent

#7BDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E5A

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

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