#EC8F5E#EC8F5E

#EC8F5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.130 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8F5E
RGB	rgb(236, 143, 94)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 30.73, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 51.02, 52.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0875 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.13 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4383, 38.2905, 15.5326)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8F5E #5EBBEC

analogous

#EC5E74 #EC8F5E #ECD65E

triadic

#EC8F5E #5EEC8F #8F5EEC

tetradic

#EC8F5E #74EC5E #5EBBEC #D65EEC

square

#EC8F5E #74EC5E #5EBBEC #D65EEC

split-complementary

#EC8F5E #5EECD6 #5E74EC

monochromatic

#BA4E16 #E66927 #EC8F5E #F2B595 #F9DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EC8F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#EC8F5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8F5E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8F5E	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 143, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.130 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b08d',
    500: '#ec8f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8f5e;
$custom-light: #f7b08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.704,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8F5E

secondary

#BBDAEB

accent

#93DB0A

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8F5E

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

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