#EC8159#EC8159

#EC8159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.143 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8159
RGB	rgb(236, 129, 89)
HSL	hsl(16, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 37.66, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 54.68, 46.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.1079 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.143 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2491, 34.2595, 13.7317)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8159 #59C4EC

analogous

#EC597A #EC8159 #ECCB59

triadic

#EC8159 #59EC81 #8159EC

tetradic

#EC8159 #7AEC59 #59C4EC #CB59EC

square

#EC8159 #7AEC59 #59C4EC #CB59EC

split-complementary

#EC8159 #59ECCB #597AEC

monochromatic

#B64115 #E65722 #EC8159 #F2AB90 #F9D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#EC8159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#EC8159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8159

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8159	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 129, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.143 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a789',
    500: '#ec8159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8159;
$custom-light: #f8a789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.327,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71386,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8159

secondary

#B6DCEA

accent

#A3DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8159

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

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