#EC8459#EC8459

#EC8459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.140 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8459
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(18, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 36.11, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 54.19, 48.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.1032 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.14 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6501, 35.0614, 13.8654)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8459 #59C1EC

analogous

#EC5977 #EC8459 #ECCD59

triadic

#EC8459 #59EC84 #8459EC

tetradic

#EC8459 #77EC59 #59C1EC #CD59EC

square

#EC8459 #77EC59 #59C1EC #CD59EC

split-complementary

#EC8459 #59ECCD #5977EC

monochromatic

#B64415 #E65B22 #EC8459 #F2AD90 #F9D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#EC8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#EC8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8459

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8459	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.140 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7a989',
    500: '#ec8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8459;
$custom-light: #f7a989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.551,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71868,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8459

secondary

#B6DBEA

accent

#9EDC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8459

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

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