#EC8859#EC8859

#EC8859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.137 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8859
RGB	rgb(236, 136, 89)
HSL	hsl(19, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 34.04, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 53.62, 50.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0968 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.137 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2029, 36.1671, 14.0497)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8859 #59BDEC

analogous

#EC5973 #EC8859 #ECD159

triadic

#EC8859 #59EC88 #8859EC

tetradic

#EC8859 #73EC59 #59BDEC #D159EC

square

#EC8859 #73EC59 #59BDEC #D159EC

split-complementary

#EC8859 #59ECD1 #5973EC

monochromatic

#B64815 #E66122 #EC8859 #F2AF90 #F9D7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#EC8859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#EC8859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8859

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8859	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)

#A39555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF757D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 136, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.137 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac89',
    500: '#ec8859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8859;
$custom-light: #f7ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.184,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72521,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8859

secondary

#B6DAEA

accent

#99DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8859

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

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