#EC8E5A#EC8E5A

#EC8E5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E5A
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 90)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 30.98, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 52.58, 53.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0877 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.133 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1140, 37.9216, 14.5619)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E5A #5AB8EC

analogous

#EC5A6F #EC8E5A #ECD75A

triadic

#EC8E5A #5AEC8E #8E5AEC

tetradic

#EC8E5A #6FEC5A #5AB8EC #D75AEC

square

#EC8E5A #6FEC5A #5AB8EC #D75AEC

split-complementary

#EC8E5A #5AECD7 #5A6FEC

monochromatic

#B74F15 #E66823 #EC8E5A #F2B491 #F9D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EC8E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#EC8E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E5A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E5A	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b08a',
    500: '#ec8e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e5a;
$custom-light: #f7b08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.37,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73537,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E5A

secondary

#B7D8EB

accent

#91DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E5A

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

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