#EE9F5C#EE9F5C

#EE9F5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.126 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9F5C
RGB	rgb(238, 159, 92)
HSL	hsl(28, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 22.95, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 51.76, 63.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.0637 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.126 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5931, 43.7504, 15.9559)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9F5C #5CABEE

analogous

#EE5C62 #EE9F5C #EEE85C

triadic

#EE9F5C #5CEE9F #9F5CEE

tetradic

#EE9F5C #62EE5C #5CABEE #E85CEE

square

#EE9F5C #62EE5C #5CABEE #E85CEE

split-complementary

#EE9F5C #5CEEE8 #5C62EE

monochromatic

#BC6114 #E87E25 #EE9F5C #F4C093 #FAE0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EE9F5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#EE9F5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9F5C

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9F5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9F5C	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9f5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 159, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.126 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb8c',
    500: '#ee9f5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9f5c;
$custom-light: #f8bb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9f5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.534,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76765,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9F5C

secondary

#BAD5EC

accent

#7CDD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9F5C

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

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