#EC8C59#EC8C59

#EC8C59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.135 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8C59
RGB	rgb(236, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 31.96, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 53.15, 53.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0905 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.135 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7768, 37.3149, 14.2410)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8C59 #59B9EC

analogous

#EC596F #EC8C59 #ECD559

triadic

#EC8C59 #59EC8C #8C59EC

tetradic

#EC8C59 #6FEC59 #59B9EC #D559EC

square

#EC8C59 #6FEC59 #59B9EC #D559EC

split-complementary

#EC8C59 #59ECD5 #596FEC

monochromatic

#B64D15 #E66622 #EC8C59 #F2B290 #F9D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EC8C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#EC8C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8C59

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8C59	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.135 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae89',
    500: '#ec8c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8c59;
$custom-light: #f7ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.816,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73186,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8C59

secondary

#B6D8EA

accent

#93DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8C59

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

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