#EE9E61#EE9E61

#EE9E61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.123 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E61
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(26, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 23.83, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 49.74, 61.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.067 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.123 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6477, 43.4982, 17.0882)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E61 #61B1EE

analogous

#EE616B #EE9E61 #EEE461

triadic

#EE9E61 #61EE9E #9E61EE

tetradic

#EE9E61 #6BEE61 #61B1EE #E461EE

square

#EE9E61 #6BEE61 #61B1EE #E461EE

split-complementary

#EE9E61 #61EEE4 #616BEE

monochromatic

#C05F15 #E87C2A #EE9E61 #F4C098 #FAE2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EE9E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#EE9E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E61

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E61	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)

#B6A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.123 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb8f',
    500: '#ee9e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e61;
$custom-light: #f8bb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.957,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76653,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E61

secondary

#BED9ED

accent

#81DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E61

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

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