#EC8A63#EC8A63

#EC8A63 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8A63
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(17, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 33.70, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 49.92, 47.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0973 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.131 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9360, 36.9153, 16.5081)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8A63 #63C5EC

analogous

#EC6380 #EC8A63 #ECCE63

triadic

#EC8A63 #63EC8A #8A63EC

tetradic

#EC8A63 #80EC63 #63C5EC #CE63EC

square

#EC8A63 #80EC63 #63C5EC #CE63EC

split-complementary

#EC8A63 #63ECCE #6380EC

monochromatic

#BE4617 #E5612C #EC8A63 #F3B39A #F9DCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EC8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#EC8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8A63

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8A63	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)

#A49760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ad90',
    500: '#ec8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8a63;
$custom-light: #f7ad90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.08,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8A63

secondary

#BFDFEC

accent

#9FDB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8A63

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

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