#EC9459#EC9459
#EC9459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9459 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 148, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 79%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.28, 27.76, 44.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.28, 52.50, 58.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.55% 0.0778 0.1041) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.55% 0.13 53.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9885, 39.7384, 14.6449) |
| Luminance | 0.3973 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.42
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 3.60
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 4.00
Dusty Orange
#F0833A
ΔE00 4.84
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.00
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9459 #59B1EC
analogous
#EC5967 #EC9459 #ECDE59
triadic
#EC9459 #59EC94 #9459EC
tetradic
#EC9459 #67EC59 #59B1EC #DE59EC
square
#EC9459 #67EC59 #59B1EC #DE59EC
split-complementary
#EC9459 #59ECDE #5967EC
monochromatic
#B65515 #E67122 #EC9459 #F2B790 #F9DBC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.35
#EC9459 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.95
#EC9459 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9459
8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9459 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9459 | 1.00 | 2.35 | 8.95 | 8.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.35 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9D54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B159
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8286
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9459; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 53.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b489',
500: '#ec9459',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9459; $custom-light: #f7b489; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9459",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 148,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.082,
"s": 79.459,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74551,
"c": 0.12998,
"h": 53.2
},
"luminance": 0.39734
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9459
secondary
#B6D6EA
accent
#87DC0A
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D