#EC8960#EC8960

#EC8960 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8960
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 96)
HSL	hsl(18, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 34.00, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 51.07, 48.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0978 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.133 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6525, 36.5733, 15.7192)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8960 #60C3EC

analogous

#EC607D #EC8960 #ECCF60

triadic

#EC8960 #60EC89 #8960EC

tetradic

#EC8960 #7DEC60 #60C3EC #CF60EC

square

#EC8960 #7DEC60 #60C3EC #CF60EC

split-complementary

#EC8960 #60ECCF #607DEC

monochromatic

#BB4716 #E56029 #EC8960 #F3B297 #F9DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#EC8960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#EC8960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8960

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8960	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac8e',
    500: '#ec8960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8960;
$custom-light: #f7ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72788,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8960

secondary

#BCDEEC

accent

#9EDB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8960

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

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