#EC8962#EC8962

#EC8962 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8962
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 98)
HSL	hsl(17, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 34.15, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 50.41, 47.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0985 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.132 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7457, 36.6106, 16.2103)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8962 #62C5EC

analogous

#EC6280 #EC8962 #ECCE62

triadic

#EC8962 #62EC89 #8962EC

tetradic

#EC8962 #80EC62 #62C5EC #CE62EC

square

#EC8962 #80EC62 #62C5EC #CE62EC

split-complementary

#EC8962 #62ECCE #6280EC

monochromatic

#BD4617 #E5602B #EC8962 #F3B299 #F9DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#EC8962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8962

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8962	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)

#A3965F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac8f',
    500: '#ec8962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8962;
$custom-light: #f7ac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.957,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72819,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8962

secondary

#BEDFEC

accent

#A0DB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8962

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

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