#EC8552#EC8552

#EC8552 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.143 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8552
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 82)
HSL	hsl(20, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 35.16, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 56.48, 51.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0991 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.143 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5062, 35.2219, 12.4357)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8552 #52B9EC

analogous

#EC526C #EC8552 #ECD252

triadic

#EC8552 #52EC85 #8552EC

tetradic

#EC8552 #6CEC52 #52B9EC #D252EC

square

#EC8552 #6CEC52 #52B9EC #D252EC

split-complementary

#EC8552 #52ECD2 #526CEC

monochromatic

#B04713 #E65E1B #EC8552 #F2AC89 #F8D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#EC8552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#EC8552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8552

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8552	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)

#A1924D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.143 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a984',
    500: '#ec8552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8552;
$custom-light: #f8a984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.87,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71935,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8552

secondary

#B1D6E9

accent

#96DD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8552

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

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