#EC845E#EC845E

#EC845E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.138 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC845E
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 94)
HSL	hsl(16, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 36.45, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 52.53, 46.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.105 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.138 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8672, 35.1483, 15.0089)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC845E #5EC6EC

analogous

#EC5E7F #EC845E #ECCB5E

triadic

#EC845E #5EEC84 #845EEC

tetradic

#EC845E #7FEC5E #5EC6EC #CB5EEC

square

#EC845E #7FEC5E #5EC6EC #CB5EEC

split-complementary

#EC845E #5EECCB #5E7FEC

monochromatic

#BA4216 #E65A27 #EC845E #F2AE95 #F9D8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#EC845E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#EC845E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC845E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC845E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC845E	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F925A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec845e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.138 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7a98c',
    500: '#ec845e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec845e;
$custom-light: #f7a98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec845e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.056,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71941,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC845E

secondary

#BBDEEB

accent

#A3DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC845E

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

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