#EC855B#EC855B

#EC855B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.139 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC855B
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 35.73, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 53.36, 47.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.1023 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.139 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8714, 35.3680, 14.3591)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC855B #5BC2EC

analogous

#EC5B7A #EC855B #ECCD5B

triadic

#EC855B #5BEC85 #855BEC

tetradic

#EC855B #7AEC5B #5BC2EC #CD5BEC

square

#EC855B #7AEC5B #5BC2EC #CD5BEC

split-complementary

#EC855B #5BECCD #5B7AEC

monochromatic

#B74415 #E65C24 #EC855B #F2AE92 #F9D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EC855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#EC855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC855B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC855B	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.139 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa8a',
    500: '#ec855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec855b;
$custom-light: #f7aa8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.379,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72059,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC855B

secondary

#B8DCEB

accent

#9FDC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC855B

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

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