#EE9E5C#EE9E5C
#EE9E5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.126 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE9E5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 158, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 81%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 61.3%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.83, 23.48, 46.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.83, 51.75, 63.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.59% 0.0653 0.1078) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.59% 0.126 58.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4219, 43.4079, 15.8988) |
| Luminance | 0.4340 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.66
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.97
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.93
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.89
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE9E5C #5CACEE
analogous
#EE5C63 #EE9E5C #EEE75C
triadic
#EE9E5C #5CEE9E #9E5CEE
tetradic
#EE9E5C #63EE5C #5CACEE #E75CEE
square
#EE9E5C #63EE5C #5CACEE #E75CEE
split-complementary
#EE9E5C #5CEEE7 #5C63EE
monochromatic
#BC6014 #E87D25 #EE9E5C #F4BF93 #FAE0CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#EE9E5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.68
#EE9E5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE9E5C
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE9E5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE9E5C | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.68 | 9.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A556
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee9e5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.126 58.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8bb8c',
500: '#ee9e5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee9e5c; $custom-light: #f8bb8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee9e5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 158,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.123,
"s": 81.111,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76586,
"c": 0.12602,
"h": 58.8
},
"luminance": 0.43404
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE9E5C
secondary
#BAD5EC
accent
#7DDD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D