#EC8F59#EC8F59

#EC8F59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.133 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8F59
RGB	rgb(236, 143, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 30.39, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 52.86, 54.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0858 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.133 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2212, 38.2036, 14.3891)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8F59 #59B6EC

analogous

#EC596C #EC8F59 #ECD859

triadic

#EC8F59 #59EC8F #8F59EC

tetradic

#EC8F59 #6CEC59 #59B6EC #D859EC

square

#EC8F59 #6CEC59 #59B6EC #D859EC

split-complementary

#EC8F59 #59ECD8 #596CEC

monochromatic

#B65015 #E66A22 #EC8F59 #F2B490 #F9D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EC8F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#EC8F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8F59

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8F59	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 143, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b089',
    500: '#ec8f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8f59;
$custom-light: #f7b089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.041,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8F59

secondary

#B6D7EA

accent

#8FDC0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8F59

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

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