#EC8955#EC8955

#EC8955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8955
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 33.27, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 54.93, 52.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0939 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.138 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1810, 36.3848, 13.2361)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8955 #55B8EC

analogous

#EC556D #EC8955 #ECD455

triadic

#EC8955 #55EC89 #8955EC

tetradic

#EC8955 #6DEC55 #55B8EC #D455EC

square

#EC8955 #6DEC55 #55B8EC #D455EC

split-complementary

#EC8955 #55ECD4 #556DEC

monochromatic

#B34B14 #E6631E #EC8955 #F2AF8C #F8D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#EC8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#EC8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8955

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8955	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac86',
    500: '#ec8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8955;
$custom-light: #f7ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.662,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8955

secondary

#B3D7EA

accent

#94DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8955

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

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