#EC8D57#EC8D57

#EC8D57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.135 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8D57
RGB	rgb(236, 141, 87)
HSL	hsl(22, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 31.31, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 53.78, 54.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0882 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.135 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8407, 37.5753, 13.8536)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8D57 #57B6EC

analogous

#EC576B #EC8D57 #ECD757

triadic

#EC8D57 #57EC8D #8D57EC

tetradic

#EC8D57 #6BEC57 #57B6EC #D757EC

square

#EC8D57 #6BEC57 #57B6EC #D757EC

split-complementary

#EC8D57 #57ECD7 #576BEC

monochromatic

#B44E14 #E66820 #EC8D57 #F2B28E #F8D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#EC8D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#EC8D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8D57

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8D57	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)

#A79852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 141, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.135 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7af88',
    500: '#ec8d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8d57;
$custom-light: #f7af88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.745,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8D57

secondary

#B5D7EA

accent

#90DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8D57

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

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