#EC8961#EC8961

#EC8961 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8961
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 97)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 34.08, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 50.74, 47.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0982 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.133 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6988, 36.5919, 15.9632)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8961 #61C4EC

analogous

#EC617F #EC8961 #ECCE61

triadic

#EC8961 #61EC89 #8961EC

tetradic

#EC8961 #7FEC61 #61C4EC #CE61EC

square

#EC8961 #7FEC61 #61C4EC #CE61EC

split-complementary

#EC8961 #61ECCE #617FEC

monochromatic

#BC4617 #E5602A #EC8961 #F3B298 #F9DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#EC8961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8961

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8961	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac8e',
    500: '#ec8961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8961;
$custom-light: #f7ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.266,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72803,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8961

secondary

#BDDEEC

accent

#9FDB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8961

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

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