#EC8B4E#EC8B4E

#EC8B4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.141 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8B4E
RGB	rgb(236, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(23, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 31.81, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 57.30, 56.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0883 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.141 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2035, 36.8529, 11.9390)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8B4E #4EAFEC

analogous

#EC4E60 #EC8B4E #ECDA4E

triadic

#EC8B4E #4EEC8B #8B4EEC

tetradic

#EC8B4E #60EC4E #4EAFEC #DA4EEC

square

#EC8B4E #60EC4E #4EAFEC #DA4EEC

split-complementary

#EC8B4E #4EECDA #4E60EC

monochromatic

#AD4E13 #E46719 #EC8B4E #F2AF85 #F8D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EC8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#EC8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8B4E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8B4E	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)

#A79648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.141 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad82',
    500: '#ec8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8b4e;
$custom-light: #f8ad82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.165,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72878,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8B4E

secondary

#AED2E8

accent

#8BDD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8B4E

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

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