#EC8A62#EC8A62

#EC8A62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A62
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(17, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 33.63, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 50.25, 48.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.097 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.132 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8885, 36.8963, 16.2579)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A62 #62C4EC

analogous

#EC627F #EC8A62 #ECCF62

triadic

#EC8A62 #62EC8A #8A62EC

tetradic

#EC8A62 #7FEC62 #62C4EC #CF62EC

square

#EC8A62 #7FEC62 #62C4EC #CF62EC

split-complementary

#EC8A62 #62ECCF #627FEC

monochromatic

#BD4717 #E5612B #EC8A62 #F3B399 #F9DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EC8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#EC8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A62

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A62	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4975E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad8f',
    500: '#ec8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a62;
$custom-light: #f7ad8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72984,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A62

secondary

#BEDFEC

accent

#9EDB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A62

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

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