#EE9E60#EE9E60

#EE9E60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.123 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E60
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 96)
HSL	hsl(26, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 23.76, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 50.14, 61.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0667 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.124 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6013, 43.4797, 16.8442)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E60 #60B0EE

analogous

#EE6069 #EE9E60 #EEE560

triadic

#EE9E60 #60EE9E #9E60EE

tetradic

#EE9E60 #69EE60 #60B0EE #E560EE

square

#EE9E60 #69EE60 #60B0EE #E560EE

split-complementary

#EE9E60 #60EEE5 #6069EE

monochromatic

#BF5F14 #E87C29 #EE9E60 #F4C097 #FAE1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EE9E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#EE9E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E60

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E60	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.123 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb8e',
    500: '#ee9e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e60;
$custom-light: #f8bb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.197,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76639,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E60

secondary

#BDD8ED

accent

#80DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E60

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

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