#EC8560#EC8560

#EC8560 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8560
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 96)
HSL	hsl(16, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 36.08, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 51.72, 45.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.1041 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.137 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0944, 35.4572, 15.5332)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8560 #60C7EC

analogous

#EC6081 #EC8560 #ECCB60

triadic

#EC8560 #60EC85 #8560EC

tetradic

#EC8560 #81EC60 #60C7EC #CB60EC

square

#EC8560 #81EC60 #60C7EC #CB60EC

split-complementary

#EC8560 #60ECCB #6081EC

monochromatic

#BB4216 #E55B29 #EC8560 #F3AF97 #F9D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EC8560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#EC8560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8560

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8560	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)

#A0935D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa8e',
    500: '#ec8560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8560;
$custom-light: #f7aa8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.857,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8560

secondary

#BCDFEC

accent

#A4DB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8560

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

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