#EC8259#EC8259

#EC8259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.142 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8259
RGB	rgb(236, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 37.14, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 54.51, 47.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.1063 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.142 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3814, 34.5242, 13.7758)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8259 #59C3EC

analogous

#EC5979 #EC8259 #ECCB59

triadic

#EC8259 #59EC82 #8259EC

tetradic

#EC8259 #79EC59 #59C3EC #CB59EC

square

#EC8259 #79EC59 #59C3EC #CB59EC

split-complementary

#EC8259 #59ECCB #5979EC

monochromatic

#B64215 #E65922 #EC8259 #F2AB90 #F9D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#EC8259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#EC8259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8259

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8259	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)

#9E9155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.142 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a889',
    500: '#ec8259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8259;
$custom-light: #f8a889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.735,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71546,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8259

secondary

#B6DCEA

accent

#A1DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8259

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

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