#EC8C65#EC8C65

#EC8C65 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.129 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8C65
RGB	rgb(236, 140, 101)
HSL	hsl(17, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 32.81, 36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 48.95, 47.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0949 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.129 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3224, 37.5332, 17.1145)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8C65 #65C5EC

analogous

#EC6581 #EC8C65 #ECCF65

triadic

#EC8C65 #65EC8C #8C65EC

tetradic

#EC8C65 #81EC65 #65C5EC #CF65EC

square

#EC8C65 #81EC65 #65C5EC #CF65EC

split-complementary

#EC8C65 #65ECCF #6581EC

monochromatic

#BF4818 #E5632F #EC8C65 #F3B59B #F9DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#EC8C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#EC8C65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8C65

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8C65	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 140, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.129 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ae91',
    500: '#ec8c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8c65;
$custom-light: #f7ae91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73364,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8C65

secondary

#C0E0ED

accent

#9EDA0B

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8C65

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

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