#EC8759#EC8759

#EC8759 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 44.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8759
RGB	rgb(236, 135, 89)
HSL	hsl(19, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 34.56, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 53.76, 49.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0984 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.138 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0627, 35.8868, 14.0029)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8759 #59BEEC

analogous

#EC5974 #EC8759 #ECD159

triadic

#EC8759 #59EC87 #8759EC

tetradic

#EC8759 #74EC59 #59BEEC #D159EC

square

#EC8759 #74EC59 #59BEEC #D159EC

split-complementary

#EC8759 #59ECD1 #5974EC

monochromatic

#B64715 #E65F22 #EC8759 #F2AF90 #F9D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EC8759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#EC8759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8759

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8759	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 135, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ab89',
    500: '#ec8759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8759;
$custom-light: #f7ab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.776,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8759

secondary

#B6DAEA

accent

#9ADC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8759

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

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