#EC8D59#EC8D59

#EC8D59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8D59
RGB	rgb(236, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 31.44, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 53.05, 53.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0889 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.134 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9236, 37.6085, 14.2899)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8D59 #59B8EC

analogous

#EC596E #EC8D59 #ECD659

triadic

#EC8D59 #59EC8D #8D59EC

tetradic

#EC8D59 #6EEC59 #59B8EC #D659EC

square

#EC8D59 #6EEC59 #59B8EC #D659EC

split-complementary

#EC8D59 #59ECD6 #596EEC

monochromatic

#B64E15 #E66722 #EC8D59 #F2B390 #F9D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EC8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#EC8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8D59

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8D59	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7af89',
    500: '#ec8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8d59;
$custom-light: #f7af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.224,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73354,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8D59

secondary

#B6D8EA

accent

#91DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8D59

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

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