#EC855C#EC855C

#EC855C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.138 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC855C
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 92)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 35.80, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 53.03, 47.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.1027 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.138 42)
XYZ	xyz(44.9149, 35.3854, 14.5878)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC855C #5CC3EC

analogous

#EC5C7B #EC855C #ECCD5C

triadic

#EC855C #5CEC85 #855CEC

tetradic

#EC855C #7BEC5C #5CC3EC #CD5CEC

square

#EC855C #7BEC5C #5CC3EC #CD5CEC

split-complementary

#EC855C #5CECCD #5C7BEC

monochromatic

#B84415 #E65C25 #EC855C #F2AE93 #F9D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EC855C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#EC855C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC855C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC855C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC855C	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec855c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.138 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa8b',
    500: '#ec855c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec855c;
$custom-light: #f7aa8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec855c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.083,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.35381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC855C

secondary

#B9DDEB

accent

#A0DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC855C

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

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