#EC8F56#EC8F56

#EC8F56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8F56
RGB	rgb(236, 143, 86)
HSL	hsl(23, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 30.19, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 53.98, 55.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0847 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.134 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0977, 38.1542, 13.7391)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8F56 #56B3EC

analogous

#EC5668 #EC8F56 #ECDA56

triadic

#EC8F56 #56EC8F #8F56EC

tetradic

#EC8F56 #68EC56 #56B3EC #DA56EC

square

#EC8F56 #68EC56 #56B3EC #DA56EC

split-complementary

#EC8F56 #56ECDA #5668EC

monochromatic

#B35114 #E66B1F #EC8F56 #F2B38D #F8D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EC8F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#EC8F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8F56

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8F56	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 143, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b087',
    500: '#ec8f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8f56;
$custom-light: #f7b087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8F56

secondary

#B4D5EA

accent

#8CDC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8F56

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

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