#EC9159#EC9159

#EC9159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9159
RGB	rgb(236, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 29.34, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 52.70, 56.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0826 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.132 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5241, 38.8094, 14.4900)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9159 #59B4EC

analogous

#EC596A #EC9159 #ECDA59

triadic

#EC9159 #59EC91 #9159EC

tetradic

#EC9159 #6AEC59 #59B4EC #DA59EC

square

#EC9159 #6AEC59 #59B4EC #DA59EC

split-complementary

#EC9159 #59ECDA #596AEC

monochromatic

#B65215 #E66D22 #EC9159 #F2B590 #F9DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#EC9159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#EC9159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9159

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9159	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b289',
    500: '#ec9159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9159;
$custom-light: #f7b289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74034,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9159

secondary

#B6D7EA

accent

#8CDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9159

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

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