#EC8E5C#EC8E5C

#EC8E5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E5C
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 92)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 31.11, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 51.85, 53.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0884 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.132 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2003, 37.9561, 15.0163)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E5C #5CBAEC

analogous

#EC5C72 #EC8E5C #ECD65C

triadic

#EC8E5C #5CEC8E #8E5CEC

tetradic

#EC8E5C #72EC5C #5CBAEC #D65CEC

square

#EC8E5C #72EC5C #5CBAEC #D65CEC

split-complementary

#EC8E5C #5CECD6 #5C72EC

monochromatic

#B84E15 #E66825 #EC8E5C #F2B493 #F9DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#EC8E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#EC8E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E5C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E5C	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#A89957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b08b',
    500: '#ec8e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e5c;
$custom-light: #f7b08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.833,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E5C

secondary

#B9DAEB

accent

#93DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E5C

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

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