#EC8A60#EC8A60

#EC8A60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A60
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(18, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 33.48, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 50.93, 48.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0962 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.133 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7953, 36.8590, 15.7668)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A60 #60C2EC

analogous

#EC607C #EC8A60 #ECD060

triadic

#EC8A60 #60EC8A #8A60EC

tetradic

#EC8A60 #7CEC60 #60C2EC #D060EC

square

#EC8A60 #7CEC60 #60C2EC #D060EC

split-complementary

#EC8A60 #60ECD0 #607CEC

monochromatic

#BB4816 #E56229 #EC8A60 #F3B297 #F9DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EC8A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#EC8A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A60

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A60	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4975C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad8e',
    500: '#ec8a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a60;
$custom-light: #f7ad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72953,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A60

secondary

#BCDDEC

accent

#9CDB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A60

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

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