#EC8556#EC8556

#EC8556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.141 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8556
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 86)
HSL	hsl(19, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 35.40, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 55.08, 50.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.1005 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.141 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6629, 35.2846, 13.2608)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8556 #56BDEC

analogous

#EC5672 #EC8556 #ECD056

triadic

#EC8556 #56EC85 #8556EC

tetradic

#EC8556 #72EC56 #56BDEC #D056EC

square

#EC8556 #72EC56 #56BDEC #D056EC

split-complementary

#EC8556 #56ECD0 #5672EC

monochromatic

#B34614 #E65D1F #EC8556 #F2AD8D #F8D4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#EC8556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#EC8556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8556

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8556	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.141 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a987',
    500: '#ec8556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8556;
$custom-light: #f8a987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8556

secondary

#B4D9EA

accent

#9ADC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8556

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

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