#EC7232#EC7232

#EC7232 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.169 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7232
RGB	rgb(236, 114, 50)
HSL	hsl(21, 83%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 78.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, 43.27, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 70.17, 51.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.1186 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.169 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1892, 30.1030, 6.6585)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7232 #32ACEC

analogous

#EC324F #EC7232 #ECCF32

triadic

#EC7232 #32EC72 #7232EC

tetradic

#EC7232 #4FEC32 #32ACEC #CF32EC

square

#EC7232 #4FEC32 #32ACEC #CF32EC

split-complementary

#EC7232 #32ECCF #324FEC

monochromatic

#963D0E #CE5313 #EC7232 #F1996A #F6BFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#EC7232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#EC7232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7232

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7232	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 114, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.169 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9d6e',
    500: '#ec7232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7232;
$custom-light: #fa9d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.645,
    "s": 83.036,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68639,
    "c": 0.16853,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7232

secondary

#96C9E3

accent

#B4F92E

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#190E07

muted

#867E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7232

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

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