#EC8959#EC8959

#EC8959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8959
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 33.52, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 53.50, 51.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0953 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.137 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3444, 36.4501, 14.0968)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8959 #59BCEC

analogous

#EC5972 #EC8959 #ECD259

triadic

#EC8959 #59EC89 #8959EC

tetradic

#EC8959 #72EC59 #59BCEC #D259EC

square

#EC8959 #72EC59 #59BCEC #D259EC

split-complementary

#EC8959 #59ECD2 #5972EC

monochromatic

#B64915 #E66222 #EC8959 #F2B090 #F9D7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#EC8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#EC8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8959

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8959	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF767E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac89',
    500: '#ec8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8959;
$custom-light: #f7ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.592,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8959

secondary

#B6D9EA

accent

#97DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8959

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

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