#EC8561#EC8561

#EC8561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.136 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8561
RGB	rgb(236, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(16, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 36.15, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 51.40, 45.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.1045 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.136 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1407, 35.4757, 15.7772)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8561 #61C8EC

analogous

#EC6182 #EC8561 #ECCB61

triadic

#EC8561 #61EC85 #8561EC

tetradic

#EC8561 #82EC61 #61C8EC #CB61EC

square

#EC8561 #82EC61 #61C8EC #CB61EC

split-complementary

#EC8561 #61ECCB #6182EC

monochromatic

#BC4117 #E55B2A #EC8561 #F3AF98 #F9D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#EC8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#EC8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8561

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8561	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#A0935E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.136 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa8e',
    500: '#ec8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8561;
$custom-light: #f7aa8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8561

secondary

#BDE0EC

accent

#A5DB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8561

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

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