#EC8B5E#EC8B5E

#EC8B5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8B5E
RGB	rgb(236, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(19, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(19, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 32.82, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 51.48, 50.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.0939 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.133 45)
XYZ	xyz(45.8485, 37.1109, 15.3360)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8B5E #5EBFEC

analogous

#EC5E78 #EC8B5E #ECD25E

triadic

#EC8B5E #5EEC8B #8B5EEC

tetradic

#EC8B5E #78EC5E #5EBFEC #D25EEC

square

#EC8B5E #78EC5E #5EBFEC #D25EEC

split-complementary

#EC8B5E #5EECD2 #5E78EC

monochromatic

#BA4A16 #E66427 #EC8B5E #F2B295 #F9DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#EC8B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#EC8B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8B5E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8B5E	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5975A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae8c',
    500: '#ec8b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8b5e;
$custom-light: #f7ae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.014,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7309,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.37106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8B5E

secondary

#BBDCEB

accent

#99DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8B5E

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

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