#EC9461#EC9461

#EC9461 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9461
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 97)
HSL	hsl(22, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 28.31, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 49.47, 55.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0807 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.126 50)
XYZ	xyz(47.3429, 39.8801, 16.5112)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9461 #61B9EC

analogous

#EC6174 #EC9461 #ECD961

triadic

#EC9461 #61EC94 #9461EC

tetradic

#EC9461 #74EC61 #61B9EC #D961EC

square

#EC9461 #74EC61 #61B9EC #D961EC

split-complementary

#EC9461 #61ECD9 #6174EC

monochromatic

#BC5317 #E56F2A #EC9461 #F3B998 #F9DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#EC9461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#EC9461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9461

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9461	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b48f',
    500: '#ec9461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9461;
$custom-light: #f6b48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.014,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74662,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9461

secondary

#BDDBEC

accent

#8EDB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9461

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

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