#EC8D5B#EC8D5B

#EC8D5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.133 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8D5B
RGB	rgb(236, 141, 91)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 31.57, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 52.32, 52.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0896 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.133 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0087, 37.6425, 14.7382)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8D5B #5BBAEC

analogous

#EC5B72 #EC8D5B #ECD65B

triadic

#EC8D5B #5BEC8D #8D5BEC

tetradic

#EC8D5B #72EC5B #5BBAEC #D65BEC

square

#EC8D5B #72EC5B #5BBAEC #D65BEC

split-complementary

#EC8D5B #5BECD6 #5B72EC

monochromatic

#B74D15 #E66724 #EC8D5B #F2B392 #F9D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EC8D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#EC8D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8D5B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8D5B	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 141, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.133 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7af8a',
    500: '#ec8d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8d5b;
$custom-light: #f7af8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73382,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8D5B

secondary

#B8D9EB

accent

#93DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8D5B

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

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