#EC9259#EC9259

#EC9259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.131 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9259
RGB	rgb(236, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 28.81, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 52.63, 56.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.081 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.131 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6775, 39.1164, 14.5412)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9259 #59B3EC

analogous

#EC5969 #EC9259 #ECDB59

triadic

#EC9259 #59EC92 #9259EC

tetradic

#EC9259 #69EC59 #59B3EC #DB59EC

square

#EC9259 #69EC59 #59B3EC #DB59EC

split-complementary

#EC9259 #59ECDB #5969EC

monochromatic

#B65315 #E66E22 #EC9259 #F2B690 #F9DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#EC9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#EC9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9259

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9259	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.131 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b289',
    500: '#ec9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9259;
$custom-light: #f7b289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.265,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9259

secondary

#B6D6EA

accent

#8ADC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9259

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

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