#EE9E78#EE9E78

#EE9E78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.109 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E78
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 120)
HSL	hsl(19, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(19, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 49.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 25.71, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 41.06, 51.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% 0.0756 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.109 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8798, 43.9911, 23.5771)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E78 #78C8EE

analogous

#EE788D #EE9E78 #EED978

triadic

#EE9E78 #78EE9E #9E78EE

tetradic

#EE9E78 #8DEE78 #78C8EE #D978EE

square

#EE9E78 #8DEE78 #78C8EE #D978EE

split-complementary

#EE9E78 #78EED9 #788DEE

monochromatic

#D1551A #E77742 #EE9E78 #F5C5AE #FCEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EE9E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#EE9E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E78

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E78	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.109 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bb9f',
    500: '#ee9e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e78;
$custom-light: #f7bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.322,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77016,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E78

secondary

#D1E7F1

accent

#97DA0C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E78

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

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