#EC855F#EC855F

#EC855F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC855F
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 95)
HSL	hsl(16, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 36.01, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 52.04, 46.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.1038 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.137 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0486, 35.4389, 15.2922)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC855F #5FC6EC

analogous

#EC5F80 #EC855F #ECCB5F

triadic

#EC855F #5FEC85 #855FEC

tetradic

#EC855F #80EC5F #5FC6EC #CB5FEC

square

#EC855F #80EC5F #5FC6EC #CB5FEC

split-complementary

#EC855F #5FECCB #5F80EC

monochromatic

#BA4216 #E65B28 #EC855F #F2AF96 #F9D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EC855F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#EC855F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC855F

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC855F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC855F	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec855f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa8d',
    500: '#ec855f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec855f;
$custom-light: #f7aa8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec855f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.17,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72118,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC855F

secondary

#BBDEEB

accent

#A3DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC855F

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

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