#EC8B5A#EC8B5A

#EC8B5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8B5A
RGB	rgb(236, 139, 90)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 32.55, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 52.90, 52.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0925 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.135 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6736, 37.0409, 14.4151)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8B5A #5ABBEC

analogous

#EC5A72 #EC8B5A #ECD45A

triadic

#EC8B5A #5AEC8B #8B5AEC

tetradic

#EC8B5A #72EC5A #5ABBEC #D45AEC

square

#EC8B5A #72EC5A #5ABBEC #D45AEC

split-complementary

#EC8B5A #5AECD4 #5A72EC

monochromatic

#B74B15 #E66423 #EC8B5A #F2B291 #F9D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EC8B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#EC8B5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8B5A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8B5A	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 139, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae8a',
    500: '#ec8b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8b5a;
$custom-light: #f7ae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.137,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8B5A

secondary

#B7D9EB

accent

#95DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8B5A

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

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