#EC9262#EC9262

#EC9262 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9262
RGB	rgb(236, 146, 98)
HSL	hsl(21, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 29.44, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 49.27, 53.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0842 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.126 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0788, 39.2769, 16.6547)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9262 #62BCEC

analogous

#EC6277 #EC9262 #ECD762

triadic

#EC9262 #62EC92 #9262EC

tetradic

#EC9262 #77EC62 #62BCEC #D762EC

square

#EC9262 #77EC62 #62BCEC #D762EC

split-complementary

#EC9262 #62ECD7 #6277EC

monochromatic

#BD5117 #E56C2B #EC9262 #F3B899 #F9DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#EC9262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#EC9262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9262

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9262	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)

#AB9C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 146, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b28f',
    500: '#ec9262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9262;
$custom-light: #f7b28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74333,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9262

secondary

#BEDCEC

accent

#92DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9262

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

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