#EC9253#EC9253

#EC9253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.134 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9253
RGB	rgb(236, 146, 83)
HSL	hsl(25, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 28.43, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 54.92, 58.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0789 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.134 54)
XYZ	xyz(46.4358, 39.0197, 13.2680)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9253 #53ADEC

analogous

#EC5360 #EC9253 #ECDF53

triadic

#EC9253 #53EC92 #9253EC

tetradic

#EC9253 #60EC53 #53ADEC #DF53EC

square

#EC9253 #60EC53 #53ADEC #DF53EC

split-complementary

#EC9253 #53ECDF #5360EC

monochromatic

#B15414 #E66F1C #EC9253 #F2B58A #F8D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#EC9253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#EC9253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9253

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9253	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 146, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.134 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b285',
    500: '#ec9253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9253;
$custom-light: #f7b285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74129,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.39015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9253

secondary

#B2D2E9

accent

#85DC09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9253

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

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