#EC8A61#EC8A61

#EC8A61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A61
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(18, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 33.56, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 50.59, 48.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0966 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.132 43)
XYZ	xyz(45.8416, 36.8775, 16.0108)
Luminance	0.3687 (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

#EC8A61 #61C3EC

analogous

#EC617D #EC8A61 #ECD061

triadic

#EC8A61 #61EC8A #8A61EC

tetradic

#EC8A61 #7DEC61 #61C3EC #D061EC

square

#EC8A61 #7DEC61 #61C3EC #D061EC

split-complementary

#EC8A61 #61ECD0 #617DEC

monochromatic

#BC4717 #E5622A #EC8A61 #F3B298 #F9DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EC8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#EC8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A61

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A61	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)

#A4975D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad8e',
    500: '#ec8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a61;
$custom-light: #f7ad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.698,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.36873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A61

secondary

#BDDEEC

accent

#9DDB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A61

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

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