#EC8B5B#EC8B5B

#EC8B5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.134 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8B5B
RGB	rgb(236, 139, 91)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 32.61, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 52.54, 51.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0928 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.134 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7165, 37.0581, 14.6408)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8B5B #5BBCEC

analogous

#EC5B74 #EC8B5B #ECD45B

triadic

#EC8B5B #5BEC8B #8B5BEC

tetradic

#EC8B5B #74EC5B #5BBCEC #D45BEC

square

#EC8B5B #74EC5B #5BBCEC #D45BEC

split-complementary

#EC8B5B #5BECD4 #5B74EC

monochromatic

#B74B15 #E66424 #EC8B5B #F2B292 #F9D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EC8B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#EC8B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8B5B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8B5B	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)

#A59757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 139, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.134 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae8a',
    500: '#ec8b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8b5b;
$custom-light: #f7ae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.862,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8B5B

secondary

#B8DAEB

accent

#96DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8B5B

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

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