#EC8E5D#EC8E5D

#EC8E5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E5D
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 93)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 31.18, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 51.49, 52.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0888 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.131 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2443, 37.9737, 15.2480)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E5D #5DBBEC

analogous

#EC5D74 #EC8E5D #ECD55D

triadic

#EC8E5D #5DEC8E #8E5DEC

tetradic

#EC8E5D #74EC5D #5DBBEC #D55DEC

square

#EC8E5D #74EC5D #5DBBEC #D55DEC

split-complementary

#EC8E5D #5DECD5 #5D74EC

monochromatic

#B94E16 #E66826 #EC8E5D #F2B494 #F9DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#EC8E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#EC8E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E5D

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E5D	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)

#A89959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b08c',
    500: '#ec8e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e5d;
$custom-light: #f7b08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.559,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73579,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E5D

secondary

#BADAEB

accent

#94DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E5D

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

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