#EC9457#EC9457

#EC9457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9457
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 27.63, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 53.28, 58.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0771 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.131 54)
XYZ	xyz(46.9057, 39.7053, 14.2086)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9457 #57AFEC

analogous

#EC5764 #EC9457 #ECDF57

triadic

#EC9457 #57EC94 #9457EC

tetradic

#EC9457 #64EC57 #57AFEC #DF57EC

square

#EC9457 #64EC57 #57AFEC #DF57EC

split-complementary

#EC9457 #57ECDF #5764EC

monochromatic

#B45614 #E67120 #EC9457 #F2B78E #F8DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#EC9457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#EC9457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9457

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9457	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b488',
    500: '#ec9457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9457;
$custom-light: #f7b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.564,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74525,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.39701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9457

secondary

#B5D4EA

accent

#86DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9457

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

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