#EC8E5F#EC8E5F

#EC8E5F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E5F
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 95)
HSL	hsl(20, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(20, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 31.32, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 50.77, 51.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0895 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.13 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3340, 38.0096, 15.7207)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E5F #5FBDEC

analogous

#EC5F77 #EC8E5F #ECD55F

triadic

#EC8E5F #5FEC8E #8E5FEC

tetradic

#EC8E5F #77EC5F #5FBDEC #D55FEC

square

#EC8E5F #77EC5F #5FBDEC #D55FEC

split-complementary

#EC8E5F #5FECD5 #5F77EC

monochromatic

#BA4D16 #E66728 #EC8E5F #F2B596 #F9DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#EC8E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#EC8E5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E5F

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E5F	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8995B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b08d',
    500: '#ec8e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e5f;
$custom-light: #f7b08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73608,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E5F

secondary

#BBDBEB

accent

#96DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E5F

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

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