#EC9170#EC9170

#EC9170 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.120 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9170
RGB	rgb(236, 145, 112)
HSL	hsl(16, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 31.08, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 44.62, 45.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0911 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.12 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6451, 39.2579, 20.3944)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9170 #70CBEC

analogous

#EC708D #EC9170 #ECCF70

triadic

#EC9170 #70EC91 #9170EC

tetradic

#EC9170 #8DEC70 #70CBEC #CF70EC

square

#EC9170 #8DEC70 #70CBEC #CF70EC

split-complementary

#EC9170 #70ECCF #708DEC

monochromatic

#C7481A #E5673A #EC9170 #F3BBA6 #FAE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#EC9170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#EC9170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9170

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9170	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 145, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.120 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b299',
    500: '#ec9170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9170;
$custom-light: #f6b299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.968,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9170

secondary

#C9E5EF

accent

#A2D90D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9170

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

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