#EC8857#EC8857

#EC8857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8857
RGB	rgb(236, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(20, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 33.91, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 54.33, 51.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0961 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.138 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1201, 36.1340, 13.6134)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8857 #57BBEC

analogous

#EC5770 #EC8857 #ECD357

triadic

#EC8857 #57EC88 #8857EC

tetradic

#EC8857 #70EC57 #57BBEC #D357EC

square

#EC8857 #70EC57 #57BBEC #D357EC

split-complementary

#EC8857 #57ECD3 #5770EC

monochromatic

#B44914 #E66120 #EC8857 #F2AF8E #F8D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EC8857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#EC8857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8857

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8857	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF757C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac88',
    500: '#ec8857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8857;
$custom-light: #f7ac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.732,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8857

secondary

#B5D8EA

accent

#97DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8857

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

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