#EC8357#EC8357

#EC8357 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.142 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8357
RGB	rgb(236, 131, 87)
HSL	hsl(18, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 36.50, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 55.03, 48.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.104 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.142 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4323, 34.7584, 13.3841)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8357 #57C0EC

analogous

#EC5775 #EC8357 #ECCD57

triadic

#EC8357 #57EC83 #8357EC

tetradic

#EC8357 #75EC57 #57C0EC #CD57EC

square

#EC8357 #75EC57 #57C0EC #CD57EC

split-complementary

#EC8357 #57ECCD #5775EC

monochromatic

#B44414 #E65A20 #EC8357 #F2AC8E #F8D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#EC8357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#EC8357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8357

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8357	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 131, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.142 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a887',
    500: '#ec8357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8357;
$custom-light: #f8a887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.718,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71678,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8357

secondary

#B5DAEA

accent

#9EDC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8357

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

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