#EE9E79#EE9E79

#EE9E79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.108 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9E79
RGB	rgb(238, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(19, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(19, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 25.80, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 40.71, 50.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.076 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.108 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9408, 44.0155, 23.8984)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9E79 #79C9EE

analogous

#EE798F #EE9E79 #EED879

triadic

#EE9E79 #79EE9E #9E79EE

tetradic

#EE9E79 #8FEE79 #79C9EE #D879EE

square

#EE9E79 #8FEE79 #79C9EE #D879EE

split-complementary

#EE9E79 #79EED8 #798FEE

monochromatic

#D2551B #E77743 #EE9E79 #F5C5AF #FCEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EE9E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#EE9E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9E79

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9E79	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)

#B3A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.108 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bba0',
    500: '#ee9e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9e79;
$custom-light: #f7bba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.974,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77034,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9E79

secondary

#D1E7F1

accent

#99DA0C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9E79

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

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