#EC8C56#EC8C56

#EC8C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8C56
RGB	rgb(236, 140, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 31.77, 43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 54.25, 54.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0895 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.136 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6534, 37.2655, 13.5910)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8C56 #56B6EC

analogous

#EC566B #EC8C56 #ECD756

triadic

#EC8C56 #56EC8C #8C56EC

tetradic

#EC8C56 #6BEC56 #56B6EC #D756EC

square

#EC8C56 #6BEC56 #56B6EC #D756EC

split-complementary

#EC8C56 #56ECD7 #566BEC

monochromatic

#B34E14 #E6671F #EC8C56 #F2B18D #F8D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EC8C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#EC8C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8C56

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8C56	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 140, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae87',
    500: '#ec8c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8c56;
$custom-light: #f7ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73146,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8C56

secondary

#B4D6EA

accent

#90DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8C56

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

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