#EC8B61#EC8B61

#EC8B61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8B61
RGB	rgb(236, 139, 97)
HSL	hsl(18, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 33.03, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 50.45, 49.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.095 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.131 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9857, 37.1658, 16.0588)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8B61 #61C2EC

analogous

#EC617D #EC8B61 #ECD061

triadic

#EC8B61 #61EC8B #8B61EC

tetradic

#EC8B61 #7DEC61 #61C2EC #D061EC

square

#EC8B61 #7DEC61 #61C2EC #D061EC

split-complementary

#EC8B61 #61ECD0 #617DEC

monochromatic

#BC4917 #E5632A #EC8B61 #F3B398 #F9DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#EC8B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#EC8B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8B61

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8B61	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5975D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 139, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae8f',
    500: '#ec8b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8b61;
$custom-light: #f7ae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.129,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8B61

secondary

#BDDEEC

accent

#9CDB0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8B61

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

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