#EC8D56#EC8D56

#EC8D56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.135 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8D56
RGB	rgb(236, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 31.24, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 54.15, 54.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0879 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.135 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8002, 37.5591, 13.6399)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8D56 #56B5EC

analogous

#EC566A #EC8D56 #ECD856

triadic

#EC8D56 #56EC8D #8D56EC

tetradic

#EC8D56 #6AEC56 #56B5EC #D856EC

square

#EC8D56 #6AEC56 #56B5EC #D856EC

split-complementary

#EC8D56 #56ECD8 #566AEC

monochromatic

#B34F14 #E6681F #EC8D56 #F2B28D #F8D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#EC8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#EC8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8D56

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8D56	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)

#A89851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.135 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7af87',
    500: '#ec8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8d56;
$custom-light: #f7af87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73314,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8D56

secondary

#B4D6EA

accent

#8FDC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8D56

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

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