#EC8756#EC8756

#EC8756 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.139 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8756
RGB	rgb(236, 135, 86)
HSL	hsl(20, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 34.37, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 54.81, 51.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0974 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.139 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9393, 35.8374, 13.3530)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8756 #56BBEC

analogous

#EC5670 #EC8756 #ECD256

triadic

#EC8756 #56EC87 #8756EC

tetradic

#EC8756 #70EC56 #56BBEC #D256EC

square

#EC8756 #70EC56 #56BBEC #D256EC

split-complementary

#EC8756 #56ECD2 #5670EC

monochromatic

#B34814 #E6601F #EC8756 #F2AE8D #F8D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EC8756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#EC8756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8756

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8756	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 135, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.139 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ab87',
    500: '#ec8756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8756;
$custom-light: #f7ab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72315,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8756

secondary

#B4D8EA

accent

#97DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8756

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

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