What color is #EE5511?

#EE5511 is a vivid orange known as Orangealicious. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Orangealicious?

The RGB value is 238, 85, 17: 238 red, 85 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Orangealicious?

The complementary color is #11AAEE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #EE5511?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.94:1 and white text 3.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Orangealicious color: hex code #EE5511

#EE5511 rgb(238, 85, 17)

Shades of orange

Orangealicious has the hex code #EE5511. It is a vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 93.3% red, 33.3% green and 6.7% blue (238, 85, 17).

Its hue angle is 18°, with 87% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 64% magenta, 93% yellow and 7% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.94:1).

Orangealicious (#EE5511) color codes

HEX	`#EE5511`
RGB	`rgb(238, 85, 17)`
RGB percent	`rgb(93.3%, 33.3%, 6.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(18, 87%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(18, 93%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 64%, 93%, 7%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.8, 56.51, 63.36)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.8, 84.9, 48.27)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(38.614, 24.72, 3.268)`
Decimal	`15619345`
Short hex	`#E51`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Orangealicious, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #EE5511	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.94:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.53:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#EE5511 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.53:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.94:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #EE5511 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ee5511; }
.text { color: #ee5511; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ee5511; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(238 85 17 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ee5511, #eec311); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #EE5511 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #EE5511?: #EE5511 is a vivid orange known as Orangealicious. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Orangealicious?: The RGB value is 238, 85, 17: 238 red, 85 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Orangealicious?: The complementary color is #11AAEE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #EE5511?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.94:1 and white text 3.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.