#EC8957#EC8957

#EC8957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8957
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(20, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 33.39, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 54.21, 51.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0946 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.137 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2616, 36.4170, 13.6605)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8957 #57BAEC

analogous

#EC576F #EC8957 #ECD357

triadic

#EC8957 #57EC89 #8957EC

tetradic

#EC8957 #6FEC57 #57BAEC #D357EC

square

#EC8957 #6FEC57 #57BAEC #D357EC

split-complementary

#EC8957 #57ECD3 #576FEC

monochromatic

#B44A14 #E66220 #EC8957 #F2B08E #F8D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#EC8957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#EC8957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8957

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8957	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)

#A49552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac88',
    500: '#ec8957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8957;
$custom-light: #f7ac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.134,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72659,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8957

secondary

#B5D8EA

accent

#95DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8957

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

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