#EC8A56#EC8A56

#EC8A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A56
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 32.81, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 54.45, 52.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0926 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.137 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3638, 36.6864, 13.4944)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A56 #56B8EC

analogous

#EC566D #EC8A56 #ECD556

triadic

#EC8A56 #56EC8A #8A56EC

tetradic

#EC8A56 #6DEC56 #56B8EC #D556EC

square

#EC8A56 #6DEC56 #56B8EC #D556EC

split-complementary

#EC8A56 #56ECD5 #566DEC

monochromatic

#B34B14 #E6641F #EC8A56 #F2B08D #F8D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#EC8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A56

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A56	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)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad87',
    500: '#ec8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a56;
$custom-light: #f7ad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72811,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A56

secondary

#B4D7EA

accent

#93DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A56

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

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