#EC8359#EC8359

#EC8359 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.141 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8359
RGB	rgb(236, 131, 89)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 36.63, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 54.35, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.1047 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.141 42)
XYZ	xyz(44.5151, 34.7915, 13.8204)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8359 #59C2EC

analogous

#EC5978 #EC8359 #ECCC59

triadic

#EC8359 #59EC83 #8359EC

tetradic

#EC8359 #78EC59 #59C2EC #CC59EC

square

#EC8359 #78EC59 #59C2EC #CC59EC

split-complementary

#EC8359 #59ECCC #5978EC

monochromatic

#B64315 #E65A22 #EC8359 #F2AC90 #F9D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#EC8359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#EC8359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8359

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8359	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 131, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.141 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7a889',
    500: '#ec8359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8359;
$custom-light: #f7a889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71706,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.34787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8359

secondary

#B6DCEA

accent

#A0DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8359

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

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