#EC8255#EC8255

#EC8255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.143 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8255
RGB	rgb(236, 130, 85)
HSL	hsl(18, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 36.89, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 55.86, 48.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.1049 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.143 43)
XYZ	xyz(44.2180, 34.4588, 12.9151)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8255 #55BFEC

analogous

#EC5573 #EC8255 #ECCE55

triadic

#EC8255 #55EC82 #8255EC

tetradic

#EC8255 #73EC55 #55BFEC #CE55EC

square

#EC8255 #73EC55 #55BFEC #CE55EC

split-complementary

#EC8255 #55ECCE #5573EC

monochromatic

#B34314 #E65A1E #EC8255 #F2AA8C #F8D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#EC8255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#EC8255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8255

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8255	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 130, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.143 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a786',
    500: '#ec8255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8255;
$custom-light: #f8a786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.881,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7149,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.34454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8255

secondary

#B3D9EA

accent

#9DDC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8255

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

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