#EC9162#EC9162

#EC9162 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9162
RGB	rgb(236, 145, 98)
HSL	hsl(20, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(20, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 29.96, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 49.37, 52.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0858 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.127 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9254, 38.9700, 16.6035)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9162 #62BDEC

analogous

#EC6278 #EC9162 #ECD662

triadic

#EC9162 #62EC91 #9162EC

tetradic

#EC9162 #78EC62 #62BDEC #D662EC

square

#EC9162 #78EC62 #62BDEC #D662EC

split-complementary

#EC9162 #62ECD6 #6278EC

monochromatic

#BD4F17 #E56B2B #EC9162 #F3B799 #F9DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#EC9162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#EC9162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9162

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9162	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)

#AA9C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 145, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b28f',
    500: '#ec9162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9162;
$custom-light: #f7b28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.435,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9162

secondary

#BEDCEC

accent

#94DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9162

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

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