#EC873E#EC873E

#EC873E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.150 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC873E
RGB	rgb(236, 135, 62)
HSL	hsl(25, 82%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(25, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 73.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 33.09, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 63.53, 58.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0897 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.15 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1294, 35.5134, 9.0873)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC873E #3EA3EC

analogous

#EC3E4C #EC873E #ECDE3E

triadic

#EC873E #3EEC87 #873EEC

tetradic

#EC873E #4CEC3E #3EA3EC #DE3EEC

square

#EC873E #4CEC3E #3EA3EC #DE3EEC

split-complementary

#EC873E #3EECDE #3E4CEC

monochromatic

#A04C10 #D86715 #EC873E #F1AA76 #F7CCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#EC873E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#EC873E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC873E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC873E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC873E	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec873e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 135, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.150 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ab77',
    500: '#ec873e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec873e;
$custom-light: #f9ab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec873e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.172,
    "s": 82.075,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72044,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC873E

secondary

#A0C8E5

accent

#A4F82F

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#191009

muted

#877F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC873E

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

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