#EC855E#EC855E

#EC855E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC855E
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(16, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 35.94, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 52.37, 46.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.1034 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.137 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0035, 35.4208, 15.0544)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC855E #5EC5EC

analogous

#EC5E7E #EC855E #ECCC5E

triadic

#EC855E #5EEC85 #855EEC

tetradic

#EC855E #7EEC5E #5EC5EC #CC5EEC

square

#EC855E #7EEC5E #5EC5EC #CC5EEC

split-complementary

#EC855E #5EECCC #5E7EEC

monochromatic

#BA4316 #E65C27 #EC855E #F2AE95 #F9D8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EC855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#EC855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC855E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC855E	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)

#A0935A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa8c',
    500: '#ec855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec855e;
$custom-light: #f7aa8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.479,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC855E

secondary

#BBDEEB

accent

#A2DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC855E

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

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