#EC8E65#EC8E65

#EC8E65 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8E65
RGB	rgb(236, 142, 101)
HSL	hsl(18, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 31.76, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 48.67, 49.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0917 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.127 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6173, 38.1230, 17.2128)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8E65 #65C3EC

analogous

#EC657F #EC8E65 #ECD165

triadic

#EC8E65 #65EC8E #8E65EC

tetradic

#EC8E65 #7FEC65 #65C3EC #D165EC

square

#EC8E65 #7FEC65 #65C3EC #D165EC

split-complementary

#EC8E65 #65ECD1 #657FEC

monochromatic

#BF4A18 #E5662F #EC8E65 #F3B69B #F9DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#EC8E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#EC8E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8E65

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8E65	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 142, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b091',
    500: '#ec8e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8e65;
$custom-light: #f7b091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.222,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73699,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8E65

secondary

#C0DFED

accent

#9BDA0B

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF5F1

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8E65

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

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