#EC9356#EC9356

#EC9356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 53.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9356
RGB	rgb(236, 147, 86)
HSL	hsl(24, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 28.09, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 53.71, 58.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0784 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.132 53.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7090, 39.3767, 13.9428)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9356 #56AFEC

analogous

#EC5664 #EC9356 #ECDE56

triadic

#EC9356 #56EC93 #9356EC

tetradic

#EC9356 #64EC56 #56AFEC #DE56EC

square

#EC9356 #64EC56 #56AFEC #DE56EC

split-complementary

#EC9356 #56ECDE #5664EC

monochromatic

#B35514 #E6701F #EC9356 #F2B68D #F8D9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#EC9356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#EC9356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9356

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9356	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 147, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 53.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b387',
    500: '#ec9356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9356;
$custom-light: #f7b387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74339,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 53.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9356

secondary

#B4D4EA

accent

#86DC09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9356

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

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