#EE9E73#EE9E73

#EE9E73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.112 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E73
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 115)
HSL	hsl(21, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 51.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 25.26, 34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 42.82, 53.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% 0.0737 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.112 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5842, 43.8728, 22.0205)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E73 #73C3EE

analogous

#EE7386 #EE9E73 #EEDC73

triadic

#EE9E73 #73EE9E #9E73EE

tetradic

#EE9E73 #86EE73 #73C3EE #DC73EE

square

#EE9E73 #86EE73 #73C3EE #DC73EE

split-complementary

#EE9E73 #73EEDC #7386EE

monochromatic

#CE5819 #E7783C #EE9E73 #F5C4AA #FBEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EE9E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#EE9E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E73

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E73	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.112 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bb9c',
    500: '#ee9e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e73;
$custom-light: #f7bb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76929,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E73

secondary

#CDE4F0

accent

#92DB0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E73

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

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