#EC8965#EC8965

#EC8965 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8965
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 101)
HSL	hsl(16, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 34.37, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 49.43, 45.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0997 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.131 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8900, 36.6684, 16.9703)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8965 #65C8EC

analogous

#EC6584 #EC8965 #ECCC65

triadic

#EC8965 #65EC89 #8965EC

tetradic

#EC8965 #84EC65 #65C8EC #CC65EC

square

#EC8965 #84EC65 #65C8EC #CC65EC

split-complementary

#EC8965 #65ECCC #6584EC

monochromatic

#BF4418 #E55F2F #EC8965 #F3B39B #F9DCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#EC8965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8965

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8965	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac91',
    500: '#ec8965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8965;
$custom-light: #f7ac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72866,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8965

secondary

#C0E1ED

accent

#A3DA0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8965

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

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