#EC784D#EC784D

#EC784D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.155 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC784D
RGB	rgb(236, 120, 77)
HSL	hsl(16, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 41.49, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 60.20, 46.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.1176 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.155 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6519, 31.8067, 10.9129)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC784D #4DC1EC

analogous

#EC4D72 #EC784D #ECC74D

triadic

#EC784D #4DEC78 #784DEC

tetradic

#EC784D #72EC4D #4DC1EC #C74DEC

square

#EC784D #72EC4D #4DC1EC #C74DEC

split-complementary

#EC784D #4DECC7 #4D72EC

monochromatic

#AC3C12 #E44F18 #EC784D #F2A284 #F8CCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#EC784D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#EC784D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC784D

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC784D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC784D	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec784d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 120, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.155 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a180',
    500: '#ec784d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec784d;
$custom-light: #f9a180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec784d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.226,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6982,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC784D

secondary

#ADD8E8

accent

#A4DD08

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF3EE

border

#D7CDC9

text

#190F0A

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC784D

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

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