#EC8A57#EC8A57

#EC8A57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A57
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 32.87, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 54.09, 52.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.093 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.137 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4044, 36.7026, 13.7081)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A57 #57B9EC

analogous

#EC576E #EC8A57 #ECD457

triadic

#EC8A57 #57EC8A #8A57EC

tetradic

#EC8A57 #6EEC57 #57B9EC #D457EC

square

#EC8A57 #6EEC57 #57B9EC #D457EC

split-complementary

#EC8A57 #57ECD4 #576EEC

monochromatic

#B44B14 #E66420 #EC8A57 #F2B08E #F8D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#EC8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A57

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A57	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)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad88',
    500: '#ec8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a57;
$custom-light: #f7ad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.537,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72825,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A57

secondary

#B5D8EA

accent

#94DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A57

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

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