#EC8757#EC8757

#EC8757 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.139 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8757
RGB	rgb(236, 135, 87)
HSL	hsl(19, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 34.43, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 54.46, 50.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0977 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.139 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9799, 35.8537, 13.5666)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8757 #57BCEC

analogous

#EC5771 #EC8757 #ECD157

triadic

#EC8757 #57EC87 #8757EC

tetradic

#EC8757 #71EC57 #57BCEC #D157EC

square

#EC8757 #71EC57 #57BCEC #D157EC

split-complementary

#EC8757 #57ECD1 #5771EC

monochromatic

#B44814 #E66020 #EC8757 #F2AE8E #F8D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EC8757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#EC8757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8757

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8757	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)

#A29452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 135, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.139 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ab87',
    500: '#ec8757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8757;
$custom-light: #f7ab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.329,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8757

secondary

#B5D9EA

accent

#98DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8757

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

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