#EC7E56#EC7E56

#EC7E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.146 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7E56
RGB	rgb(236, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(16, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 39.00, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 56.18, 46.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.1115 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.146 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7363, 33.4313, 12.9519)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7E56 #56C4EC

analogous

#EC5679 #EC7E56 #ECC956

triadic

#EC7E56 #56EC7E #7E56EC

tetradic

#EC7E56 #79EC56 #56C4EC #C956EC

square

#EC7E56 #79EC56 #56C4EC #C956EC

split-complementary

#EC7E56 #56ECC9 #5679EC

monochromatic

#B33F14 #E6541F #EC7E56 #F2A88D #F8D2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#EC7E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#EC7E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7E56

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7E56	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.146 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a586',
    500: '#ec7e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7e56;
$custom-light: #f8a586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70869,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7E56

secondary

#B4DBEA

accent

#A4DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7E56

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

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