#EC7F56#EC7F56

#EC7F56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.145 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7F56
RGB	rgb(236, 127, 86)
HSL	hsl(16, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 38.49, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 56.01, 46.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.1099 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.145 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8648, 33.6884, 12.9948)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7F56 #56C3EC

analogous

#EC5678 #EC7F56 #ECCA56

triadic

#EC7F56 #56EC7F #7F56EC

tetradic

#EC7F56 #78EC56 #56C3EC #CA56EC

square

#EC7F56 #78EC56 #56C3EC #CA56EC

split-complementary

#EC7F56 #56ECCA #5678EC

monochromatic

#B34014 #E6551F #EC7F56 #F2A98D #F8D2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#EC7F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#EC7F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7F56

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7F56	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 127, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.145 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a687',
    500: '#ec7f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7f56;
$custom-light: #f8a687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71026,
    "c": 0.14546,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7F56

secondary

#B4DBEA

accent

#A3DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7F56

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

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