#EE5533Fuego (#EE5533) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 34°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.195. 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 | #EE5533 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 85, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(11, 85%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(11, 79%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64%, 79%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(57 57.3 50.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.651 0.195 34) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Fuego is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ef502c — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#f25430 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#ee5533 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ef5634 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Fuego 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 3.51:1 and against black 5.98:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffe0d9 · #ffa590 · #ee5533 · #c93b19 · #941e00 · #5d0e00
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.
#f59e37 · #f47b26 · #ee5533 · #d34253 · #b43664 · #932d6d
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.
#caaa63 · #ee5533 · #bf4226 · #6c5100 · #6e1300 · #2d1f00
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.
#00dbfd · #ee5533 · #8e6358 · #803625 · #5b1a0c · #310802
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def7fd · #c2a39b · #ee5533 · #67787c · #452720 · #000407
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.
#e7f5f8 · #bdced2 · #90a2a7 · #132c32 · #000a0e · #ee5533
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6e2be · #3fdccc · #ee5533 · #986688 · #344635 · #180f04
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bae1cd · #6eb1a8 · #ee5533 · #3d657e · #334163 · #210510
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d4fee0 · #48c77c · #ee5533 · #5663e4 · #1f1881 · #000601
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e9f9ce · #97bb3e · #ee5533 · #008398 · #440071 · #000407
#F77153 · #FF8B70 · #FFA792 · #FFC1B2 · #FFDAD1
#C93F1F · #A52909 · #801800 · #5A0D00 · #380300
#DD674D · #CA7561 · #B68073
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.