#EE9E5D#EE9E5D

#EE9E5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.125 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E5D
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 93)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 23.55, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 51.35, 62.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.0656 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.125 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4659, 43.4255, 16.1306)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E5D #5DADEE

analogous

#EE5D64 #EE9E5D #EEE75D

triadic

#EE9E5D #5DEE9E #9E5DEE

tetradic

#EE9E5D #64EE5D #5DADEE #E75DEE

square

#EE9E5D #64EE5D #5DADEE #E75DEE

split-complementary

#EE9E5D #5DEEE7 #5D64EE

monochromatic

#BD6014 #E87D26 #EE9E5D #F4BF94 #FAE0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EE9E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#EE9E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E5D

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E5D	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)

#B6A557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.125 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb8c',
    500: '#ee9e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e5d;
$custom-light: #f8bb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.897,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76599,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E5D

secondary

#BBD6EC

accent

#7EDD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E5D

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

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