#EC8E5B#EC8E5B

#EC8E5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E5B
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 31.05, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 52.21, 53.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0881 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.132 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1568, 37.9388, 14.7876)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E5B #5BB9EC

analogous

#EC5B71 #EC8E5B #ECD65B

triadic

#EC8E5B #5BEC8E #8E5BEC

tetradic

#EC8E5B #71EC5B #5BB9EC #D65BEC

square

#EC8E5B #71EC5B #5BB9EC #D65BEC

split-complementary

#EC8E5B #5BECD6 #5B71EC

monochromatic

#B74E15 #E66824 #EC8E5B #F2B492 #F9DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EC8E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#EC8E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E5B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E5B	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b08a',
    500: '#ec8e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e5b;
$custom-light: #f7b08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.103,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E5B

secondary

#B8D9EB

accent

#92DC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E5B

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

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