#EC9161#EC9161

#EC9161 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9161
RGB	rgb(236, 145, 97)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 29.89, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 49.73, 53.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0854 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.127 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8784, 38.9512, 16.3564)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9161 #61BCEC

analogous

#EC6177 #EC9161 #ECD661

triadic

#EC9161 #61EC91 #9161EC

tetradic

#EC9161 #77EC61 #61BCEC #D661EC

square

#EC9161 #77EC61 #61BCEC #D661EC

split-complementary

#EC9161 #61ECD6 #6177EC

monochromatic

#BC5017 #E56B2A #EC9161 #F3B798 #F9DDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#EC9161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#EC9161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9161

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9161	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 145, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b28f',
    500: '#ec9161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9161;
$custom-light: #f7b28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.719,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74147,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9161

secondary

#BDDCEC

accent

#93DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9161

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

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