#EC8461#EC8461

#EC8461 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8461
RGB	rgb(236, 132, 97)
HSL	hsl(15, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(15, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 36.66, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 51.57, 44.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.1061 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.137 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0044, 35.2032, 15.7317)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8461 #61C9EC

analogous

#EC6183 #EC8461 #ECC961

triadic

#EC8461 #61EC84 #8461EC

tetradic

#EC8461 #83EC61 #61C9EC #C961EC

square

#EC8461 #83EC61 #61C9EC #C961EC

split-complementary

#EC8461 #61ECC9 #6183EC

monochromatic

#BC4017 #E5592A #EC8461 #F3AF98 #F9D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#EC8461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#EC8461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8461

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8461	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F925E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 132, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7a98e',
    500: '#ec8461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8461;
$custom-light: #f7a98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.108,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8461

secondary

#BDE0EC

accent

#A6DB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8461

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

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