#EEAA99#EEAA99

#EEAA99 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.084 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEAA99
RGB	rgb(238, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(12, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, 22.83, 18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 29.52, 39.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0694 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.084 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3863, 49.2300, 36.7159)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEAA99 #99DDEE

analogous

#EE99B3 #EEAA99 #EED599

triadic

#EEAA99 #99EEAA #AA99EE

tetradic

#EEAA99 #B3EE99 #99DDEE #D599EE

square

#EEAA99 #B3EE99 #99DDEE #D599EE

split-complementary

#EEAA99 #99EED5 #99B3EE

monochromatic

#DD5330 #E57E65 #EEAA99 #F7D6CD #FBE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EEAA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#EEAA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEAA99

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEAA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEAA99	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDA1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeaa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.084 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c3b7',
    500: '#eeaa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeaa99;
$custom-light: #f5c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeaa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79823,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEAA99

secondary

#D9EDF2

accent

#ADD312

background

#FFFCFB

surface

#FFF8F6

border

#D7D1D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEAA99

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

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