#EC8257#EC8257

#EC8257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.143 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8257
RGB	rgb(236, 130, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 37.01, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 55.18, 47.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.1056 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.143 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2986, 34.4911, 13.3395)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8257 #57C1EC

analogous

#EC5776 #EC8257 #ECCC57

triadic

#EC8257 #57EC82 #8257EC

tetradic

#EC8257 #76EC57 #57C1EC #CC57EC

square

#EC8257 #76EC57 #57C1EC #CC57EC

split-complementary

#EC8257 #57ECCC #5776EC

monochromatic

#B44314 #E65920 #EC8257 #F2AB8E #F8D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#EC8257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#EC8257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8257

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8257	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 130, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.143 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a887',
    500: '#ec8257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8257;
$custom-light: #f8a887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.315,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71518,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8257

secondary

#B5DBEA

accent

#9FDC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8257

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

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