#EC855D#EC855D

#EC855D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.138 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC855D
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 93)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 35.87, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 52.70, 47.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.103 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.138 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9589, 35.4030, 14.8196)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC855D #5DC4EC

analogous

#EC5D7D #EC855D #ECCD5D

triadic

#EC855D #5DEC85 #855DEC

tetradic

#EC855D #7DEC5D #5DC4EC #CD5DEC

square

#EC855D #7DEC5D #5DC4EC #CD5DEC

split-complementary

#EC855D #5DECCD #5D7DEC

monochromatic

#B94316 #E65C26 #EC855D #F2AE94 #F9D8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EC855D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#EC855D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC855D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC855D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC855D	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)

#A09359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec855d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.138 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa8c',
    500: '#ec855d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec855d;
$custom-light: #f7aa8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec855d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.783,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72088,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC855D

secondary

#BADDEB

accent

#A1DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC855D

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

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