#EC8456#EC8456

#EC8456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.142 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8456
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 86)
HSL	hsl(18, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 35.92, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 55.22, 49.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.1021 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.142 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5266, 35.0121, 13.2154)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8456 #56BEEC

analogous

#EC5673 #EC8456 #ECCF56

triadic

#EC8456 #56EC84 #8456EC

tetradic

#EC8456 #73EC56 #56BEEC #CF56EC

square

#EC8456 #73EC56 #56BEEC #CF56EC

split-complementary

#EC8456 #56ECCF #5673EC

monochromatic

#B34514 #E65C1F #EC8456 #F2AC8D #F8D4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#EC8456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#EC8456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8456

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8456	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.142 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a987',
    500: '#ec8456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8456;
$custom-light: #f8a987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71826,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8456

secondary

#B4D9EA

accent

#9BDC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8456

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

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