#EC8A59#EC8A59

#EC8A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A59
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 33.00, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 53.37, 51.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0937 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.136 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4872, 36.7357, 14.1444)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A59 #59BBEC

analogous

#EC5971 #EC8A59 #ECD359

triadic

#EC8A59 #59EC8A #8A59EC

tetradic

#EC8A59 #71EC59 #59BBEC #D359EC

square

#EC8A59 #71EC59 #59BBEC #D359EC

split-complementary

#EC8A59 #59ECD3 #5971EC

monochromatic

#B64A15 #E66322 #EC8A59 #F2B190 #F9D7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EC8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#EC8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A59

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A59	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad89',
    500: '#ec8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a59;
$custom-light: #f7ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A59

secondary

#B6D9EA

accent

#96DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A59

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

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