#EC8256#EC8256

#EC8256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.143 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8256
RGB	rgb(236, 130, 86)
HSL	hsl(18, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 36.95, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 55.52, 48.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.1052 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.143 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2580, 34.4748, 13.1259)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8256 #56C0EC

analogous

#EC5675 #EC8256 #ECCD56

triadic

#EC8256 #56EC82 #8256EC

tetradic

#EC8256 #75EC56 #56C0EC #CD56EC

square

#EC8256 #75EC56 #56C0EC #CD56EC

split-complementary

#EC8256 #56ECCD #5675EC

monochromatic

#B34314 #E6591F #EC8256 #F2AB8D #F8D3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#EC8256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#EC8256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8256

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8256	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)

#9E9052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 130, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.143 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a887',
    500: '#ec8256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8256;
$custom-light: #f8a887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71504,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8256

secondary

#B4DAEA

accent

#9EDC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8256

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

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