#EC8657#EC8657

#EC8657 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.140 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8657
RGB	rgb(236, 134, 87)
HSL	hsl(19, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 34.95, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 54.59, 50.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0993 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.14 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8410, 35.5759, 13.5203)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8657 #57BDEC

analogous

#EC5772 #EC8657 #ECD057

triadic

#EC8657 #57EC86 #8657EC

tetradic

#EC8657 #72EC57 #57BDEC #D057EC

square

#EC8657 #72EC57 #57BDEC #D057EC

split-complementary

#EC8657 #57ECD0 #5772EC

monochromatic

#B44714 #E65E20 #EC8657 #F2AE8E #F8D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#EC8657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#EC8657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8657

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8657	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 134, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.140 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7aa87',
    500: '#ec8657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8657;
$custom-light: #f7aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.926,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72165,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8657

secondary

#B5D9EA

accent

#9ADC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8657

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

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