#EE9F5D#EE9F5D

#EE9F5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9F5D
RGB	rgb(238, 159, 93)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 23.02, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 51.35, 63.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.064 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.125 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6371, 43.7680, 16.1877)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9F5D #5DACEE

analogous

#EE5D64 #EE9F5D #EEE75D

triadic

#EE9F5D #5DEE9F #9F5DEE

tetradic

#EE9F5D #64EE5D #5DACEE #E75DEE

square

#EE9F5D #64EE5D #5DACEE #E75DEE

split-complementary

#EE9F5D #5DEEE7 #5D64EE

monochromatic

#BD6114 #E87E26 #EE9F5D #F4C094 #FAE1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EE9F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#EE9F5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9F5D

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9F5D	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)

#B7A657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 159, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb8d',
    500: '#ee9f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9f5d;
$custom-light: #f8bb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.31,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76778,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9F5D

secondary

#BBD6EC

accent

#7CDD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9F5D

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

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