#EE5511Orangealicious (#EE5511) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 39°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.2. 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 | #EE5511 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 85, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(18, 87%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(18, 93%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64%, 93%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(56.8 56.5 63.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.649 0.200 39) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Orangealicious 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.
#ef5005 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#f2540b — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#ee5511 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ef5613 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Orangealicious 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 3.53:1 and against black 5.94:1, 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.
#ffe0d5 · #ffa587 · #ee5511 · #c54100 · #8c2b00 · #571700
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.
#f1a124 · #f17e00 · #ee5511 · #d54044 · #b7325a · #962965
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.
#c5ac60 · #ee5511 · #bf4209 · #685200 · #681d00 · #2b2000
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.
#00d4ff · #ee5511 · #8d6354 · #80361b · #5a1a01 · #310800
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def7ff · #c2a398 · #ee5511 · #66787d · #45271d · #000408
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 · #ee5511
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dfddb7 · #3ed7db · #ee5511 · #9c6781 · #354455 · #04110c
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b5dcc7 · #6eb2a8 · #ee5511 · #3e667e · #344062 · #1e040a
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d0ffe4 · #27c885 · #ee5511 · #625de5 · #281082 · #000401
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e5fbd0 · #8abd45 · #ee5511 · #00819d · #48006a · #000408
#F77142 · #FF8B63 · #FFA78A · #FFC2AD · #FFDACE
#C74200 · #9F3300 · #792400 · #551600 · #340800
#DC673E · #CA7558 · #B6806E
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.