#EE8866Firewatch (#EE8866) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 39°, lightness 0.73 and chroma 0.134. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #EE8866 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 136, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(15, 80%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(15, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43%, 57%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(67.1 35.7 35.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.730 0.134 39) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Firewatch shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f1835d — ΔE 1.2, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#f38863 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ee8866 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ef8968 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Firewatch in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.52:1 and against black 8.35:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffeee8 · #ffb59c · #ee8866 · #b96042 · #8d3e24 · #621e04
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#f9c280 · #f5a56d · #ee8866 · #d77471 · #bc6477 · #9f5679
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ee8866 · #988859 · #a25237 · #624d00 · #601a00 · #261c00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffe9e2 · #e3c2b7 · #ee8866 · #0095b4 · #875949 · #5e3f35
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e5f5fa · #ee8866 · #9b8780 · #4c565a · #301d17 · #000203
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd3 · #90a2a8 · #142c33 · #00090f · #ee8866
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#def7ff · #ee8866 · #259bb8 · #005e73 · #002732 · #240300
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b9dfcc · #ee8866 · #6f9992 · #477395 · #2a354e · #1e050c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dcfbe8 · #ee8866 · #4aa074 · #47489c · #1b1457 · #000401
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e9f8db · #ee8866 · #789950 · #005e73 · #32084a · #000408
#F4997B · #FAAA90 · #FFBBA5 · #FFCEBE · #FFE0D6
#C76C4E · #A25237 · #7E3820 · #5B2009 · #390A00
#E19075 · #D29784 · #C49E91
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.