#EE9F55#EE9F55

#EE9F55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.130 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9F55
RGB	rgb(238, 159, 85)
HSL	hsl(29, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 22.50, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 54.61, 65.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0613 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.13 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3012, 43.6336, 14.4182)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9F55 #55A4EE

analogous

#EE5557 #EE9F55 #EEEC55

triadic

#EE9F55 #55EE9F #9F55EE

tetradic

#EE9F55 #57EE55 #55A4EE #EC55EE

square

#EE9F55 #57EE55 #55A4EE #EC55EE

split-complementary

#EE9F55 #55EEEC #5557EE

monochromatic

#B66212 #E8801D #EE9F55 #F4BE8D #F9DEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#EE9F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#EE9F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9F55

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9F55	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 159, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.130 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb87',
    500: '#ee9f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9f55;
$custom-light: #f8bb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.02,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76679,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9F55

secondary

#B4D0EB

accent

#76DE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9F55

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

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