#EC8966#EC8966

#EC8966 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8966
RGB	rgb(236, 137, 102)
HSL	hsl(16, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 34.45, 35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 49.11, 45.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.1 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.131 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9393, 36.6881, 17.2299)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8966 #66C9EC

analogous

#EC6686 #EC8966 #ECCC66

triadic

#EC8966 #66EC89 #8966EC

tetradic

#EC8966 #86EC66 #66C9EC #CC66EC

square

#EC8966 #86EC66 #66C9EC #CC66EC

split-complementary

#EC8966 #66ECCC #6686EC

monochromatic

#C04418 #E55F30 #EC8966 #F3B39C #FADDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#EC8966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8966

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8966	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 137, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ac92',
    500: '#ec8966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8966;
$custom-light: #f7ac92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.672,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8966

secondary

#C1E1ED

accent

#A4DA0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8966

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

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