#EE9F56#EE9F56

#EE9F56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.130 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9F56
RGB	rgb(238, 159, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 22.56, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 54.20, 65.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0617 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.13 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3412, 43.6496, 14.6289)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9F56 #56A5EE

analogous

#EE5659 #EE9F56 #EEEB56

triadic

#EE9F56 #56EE9F #9F56EE

tetradic

#EE9F56 #59EE56 #56A5EE #EB56EE

square

#EE9F56 #59EE56 #56A5EE #EB56EE

split-complementary

#EE9F56 #56EEEB #5659EE

monochromatic

#B76212 #E87F1E #EE9F56 #F4BF8E #F9DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#EE9F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#EE9F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9F56

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9F56	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)

#B7A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 159, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.130 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb88',
    500: '#ee9f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9f56;
$custom-light: #f8bb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.816,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76691,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9F56

secondary

#B5D1EB

accent

#77DE07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9F56

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

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