#EC8E56#EC8E56

#EC8E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E56
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 30.72, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 54.06, 55.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0863 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.135 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9483, 37.8553, 13.6893)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E56 #56B4EC

analogous

#EC5669 #EC8E56 #ECD956

triadic

#EC8E56 #56EC8E #8E56EC

tetradic

#EC8E56 #69EC56 #56B4EC #D956EC

square

#EC8E56 #69EC56 #56B4EC #D956EC

split-complementary

#EC8E56 #56ECD9 #5669EC

monochromatic

#B35014 #E6691F #EC8E56 #F2B38D #F8D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EC8E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#EC8E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E56

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E56	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b087',
    500: '#ec8e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e56;
$custom-light: #f7b087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E56

secondary

#B4D6EA

accent

#8DDC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E56

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

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