#EE9F5E#EE9F5E

#EE9F5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9F5E
RGB	rgb(238, 159, 94)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 23.09, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 50.94, 63.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0644 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.124 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6817, 43.7859, 16.4225)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9F5E #5EADEE

analogous

#EE5E65 #EE9F5E #EEE75E

triadic

#EE9F5E #5EEE9F #9F5EEE

tetradic

#EE9F5E #65EE5E #5EADEE #E75EEE

square

#EE9F5E #65EE5E #5EADEE #E75EEE

split-complementary

#EE9F5E #5EEEE7 #5E65EE

monochromatic

#BE6114 #E87E27 #EE9F5E #F4C095 #FAE1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EE9F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#EE9F5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9F5E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9F5E	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 159, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb8d',
    500: '#ee9f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9f5e;
$custom-light: #f8bb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.083,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76791,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9F5E

secondary

#BBD6EC

accent

#7DDD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9F5E

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