#EC9261#EC9261

#EC9261 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.127 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9261
RGB	rgb(236, 146, 97)
HSL	hsl(21, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 29.37, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 49.63, 53.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0838 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.127 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0319, 39.2581, 16.4076)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9261 #61BBEC

analogous

#EC6175 #EC9261 #ECD761

triadic

#EC9261 #61EC92 #9261EC

tetradic

#EC9261 #75EC61 #61BBEC #D761EC

square

#EC9261 #75EC61 #61BBEC #D761EC

split-complementary

#EC9261 #61ECD7 #6175EC

monochromatic

#BC5117 #E56C2A #EC9261 #F3B898 #F9DDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#EC9261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#EC9261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9261

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9261	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)

#AB9C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 146, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.127 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b28f',
    500: '#ec9261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9261;
$custom-light: #f7b28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.151,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74318,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9261

secondary

#BDDBEC

accent

#91DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9261

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

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