#EE9F62#EE9F62

#EE9F62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.122 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9F62
RGB	rgb(238, 159, 98)
HSL	hsl(26, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(26, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 23.38, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 49.33, 61.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0658 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.122 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8659, 43.8595, 17.3924)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9F62 #62B1EE

analogous

#EE626B #EE9F62 #EEE562

triadic

#EE9F62 #62EE9F #9F62EE

tetradic

#EE9F62 #6BEE62 #62B1EE #E562EE

square

#EE9F62 #6BEE62 #62B1EE #E562EE

split-complementary

#EE9F62 #62EEE5 #626BEE

monochromatic

#C16015 #E87D2B #EE9F62 #F4C199 #FAE3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#EE9F62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#EE9F62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9F62

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9F62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9F62	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9f62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 159, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.122 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8bb90',
    500: '#ee9f62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9f62;
$custom-light: #f8bb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9f62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.143,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76845,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9F62

secondary

#BFD9ED

accent

#80DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9F62

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

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