#EC7042#EC7042

#EC7042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.165 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7042
RGB	rgb(236, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 72%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 44.89, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 65.27, 46.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.1262 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.165 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3736, 29.8198, 8.7303)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7042 #42BEEC

analogous

#EC4269 #EC7042 #ECC542

triadic

#EC7042 #42EC70 #7042EC

tetradic

#EC7042 #69EC42 #42BEEC #C542EC

square

#EC7042 #69EC42 #42BEEC #C542EC

split-complementary

#EC7042 #42ECC5 #4269EC

monochromatic

#A33810 #DB4B16 #EC7042 #F29A7A #F7C4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#EC7042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#EC7042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7042

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7042	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92843D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.165 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99c78',
    500: '#ec7042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7042;
$custom-light: #f99c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.235,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68498,
    "c": 0.16514,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7042

secondary

#A4D4E6

accent

#C2F830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190E09

muted

#877E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7042

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

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