#EC8C5C#EC8C5C

#EC8C5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.133 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8C5C
RGB	rgb(236, 140, 92)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 32.16, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 52.07, 51.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0916 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.133 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9054, 37.3663, 14.9180)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8C5C #5CBCEC

analogous

#EC5C74 #EC8C5C #ECD45C

triadic

#EC8C5C #5CEC8C #8C5CEC

tetradic

#EC8C5C #74EC5C #5CBCEC #D45CEC

square

#EC8C5C #74EC5C #5CBCEC #D45CEC

split-complementary

#EC8C5C #5CECD4 #5C74EC

monochromatic

#B84C15 #E66525 #EC8C5C #F2B393 #F9D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EC8C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#EC8C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8C5C

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8C5C	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 140, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.133 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae8b',
    500: '#ec8c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8c5c;
$custom-light: #f7ae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8C5C

secondary

#B9DAEB

accent

#96DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8C5C

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

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