#EC7E55#EC7E55

#EC7E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.147 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7E55
RGB	rgb(236, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(16, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 38.93, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 56.51, 46.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.1111 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.147 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6963, 33.4153, 12.7412)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7E55 #55C3EC

analogous

#EC5578 #EC7E55 #ECC955

triadic

#EC7E55 #55EC7E #7E55EC

tetradic

#EC7E55 #78EC55 #55C3EC #C955EC

square

#EC7E55 #78EC55 #55C3EC #C955EC

split-complementary

#EC7E55 #55ECC9 #5578EC

monochromatic

#B33F14 #E6541E #EC7E55 #F2A88C #F8D2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#EC7E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#EC7E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7E55

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7E55	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.147 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a586',
    500: '#ec7e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7e55;
$custom-light: #f8a586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.291,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70855,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7E55

secondary

#B3DBEA

accent

#A3DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7E55

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

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