#EC9462#EC9462

#EC9462 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.125 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9462
RGB	rgb(236, 148, 98)
HSL	hsl(22, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 28.39, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 49.09, 54.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.081 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.125 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3898, 39.8989, 16.7584)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9462 #62BAEC

analogous

#EC6275 #EC9462 #ECD962

triadic

#EC9462 #62EC94 #9462EC

tetradic

#EC9462 #75EC62 #62BAEC #D962EC

square

#EC9462 #75EC62 #62BAEC #D962EC

split-complementary

#EC9462 #62ECD9 #6275EC

monochromatic

#BD5317 #E56F2B #EC9462 #F3B999 #F9DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#EC9462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#EC9462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9462

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9462	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)

#AC9E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 148, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.125 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b48f',
    500: '#ec9462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9462;
$custom-light: #f6b48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.739,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9462

secondary

#BEDBEC

accent

#8FDB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9462

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

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