#EC5E2B#EC5E2B

#EC5E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.187 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5E2B
RGB	rgb(236, 94, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 84%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(16, 82%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 81.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 52.46, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 75.92, 46.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.1455 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.187 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0351, 26.0182, 5.2516)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5E2B #2BB9EC

analogous

#EC2B59 #EC5E2B #ECBF2B

triadic

#EC5E2B #2BEC5E #5E2BEC

tetradic

#EC5E2B #59EC2B #2BB9EC #BF2BEC

square

#EC5E2B #59EC2B #2BB9EC #BF2BEC

split-complementary

#EC5E2B #2BECBF #2B59EC

monochromatic

#902F0D #C84212 #EC5E2B #F18963 #F6B39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#EC5E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#EC5E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5E2B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5E2B	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 94, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.187 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fb9069',
    500: '#ec5e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5e2b;
$custom-light: #fb9069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.855,
    "s": 83.55,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.18661,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5E2B

secondary

#91CDE2

accent

#C4FA2E

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#190D06

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5E2B

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

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