#EC7242#EC7242

#EC7242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.163 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7242
RGB	rgb(236, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 72%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 43.91, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 64.90, 47.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.1232 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.163 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5967, 30.2660, 8.8046)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7242 #42BCEC

analogous

#EC4267 #EC7242 #ECC742

triadic

#EC7242 #42EC72 #7242EC

tetradic

#EC7242 #67EC42 #42BCEC #C742EC

square

#EC7242 #67EC42 #42BCEC #C742EC

split-complementary

#EC7242 #42ECC7 #4267EC

monochromatic

#A33A10 #DB4E16 #EC7242 #F29B7A #F7C5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#EC7242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#EC7242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7242

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7242	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93853D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF5967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.163 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f99d78',
    500: '#ec7242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7242;
$custom-light: #f99d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.941,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68791,
    "c": 0.16345,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7242

secondary

#A4D3E6

accent

#C0F830

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190E09

muted

#877E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7242

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

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