#EC8E4D#EC8E4D

#EC8E4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.139 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E4D
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 77)
HSL	hsl(25, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(25, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 30.18, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 57.45, 58.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0833 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.139 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6082, 37.7193, 11.8984)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E4D #4DABEC

analogous

#EC4D5C #EC8E4D #ECDD4D

triadic

#EC8E4D #4DEC8E #8E4DEC

tetradic

#EC8E4D #5CEC4D #4DABEC #DD4DEC

square

#EC8E4D #5CEC4D #4DABEC #DD4DEC

split-complementary

#EC8E4D #4DECDD #4D5CEC

monochromatic

#AC5112 #E46B18 #EC8E4D #F2B184 #F8D4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EC8E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#EC8E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E4D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E4D	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)

#A99846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.139 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8af81',
    500: '#ec8e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e4d;
$custom-light: #f8af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.528,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73373,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E4D

secondary

#ADD0E8

accent

#86DD08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E4D

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

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