#EC8B59#EC8B59

#EC8B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8B59
RGB	rgb(236, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 32.48, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 53.26, 52.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0921 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.135 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6314, 37.0240, 14.1925)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8B59 #59BAEC

analogous

#EC5970 #EC8B59 #ECD459

triadic

#EC8B59 #59EC8B #8B59EC

tetradic

#EC8B59 #70EC59 #59BAEC #D459EC

square

#EC8B59 #70EC59 #59BAEC #D459EC

split-complementary

#EC8B59 #59ECD4 #5970EC

monochromatic

#B64C15 #E66522 #EC8B59 #F2B190 #F9D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EC8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#EC8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8B59

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8B59	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae89',
    500: '#ec8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8b59;
$custom-light: #f7ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.408,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8B59

secondary

#B6D9EA

accent

#94DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8B59

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

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