#EC8E4B#EC8E4B

#EC8E4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.140 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E4B
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 75)
HSL	hsl(25, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 30.07, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 58.21, 58.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0826 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.14 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5387, 37.6915, 11.5322)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E4B #4BA9EC

analogous

#EC4B58 #EC8E4B #ECDF4B

triadic

#EC8E4B #4BEC8E #8E4BEC

tetradic

#EC8E4B #58EC4B #4BA9EC #DF4BEC

square

#EC8E4B #58EC4B #4BA9EC #DF4BEC

split-complementary

#EC8E4B #4BECDF #4B58EC

monochromatic

#AB5212 #E26C18 #EC8E4B #F2B182 #F8D4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EC8E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#EC8E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E4B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E4B	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.140 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8af80',
    500: '#ec8e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e4b;
$custom-light: #f8af80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.969,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73351,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E4B

secondary

#ABCEE8

accent

#85DD08

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E4B

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

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