#EC8B56#EC8B56

#EC8B56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.137 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8B56
RGB	rgb(236, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 32.29, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 54.35, 53.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.091 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.137 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5079, 36.9746, 13.5425)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8B56 #56B7EC

analogous

#EC566C #EC8B56 #ECD656

triadic

#EC8B56 #56EC8B #8B56EC

tetradic

#EC8B56 #6CEC56 #56B7EC #D656EC

square

#EC8B56 #6CEC56 #56B7EC #D656EC

split-complementary

#EC8B56 #56ECD6 #566CEC

monochromatic

#B34C14 #E6651F #EC8B56 #F2B18D #F8D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EC8B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#EC8B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8B56

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8B56	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.137 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae87',
    500: '#ec8b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8b56;
$custom-light: #f7ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8B56

secondary

#B4D7EA

accent

#92DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8B56

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

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