#EC9550#EC9550

#EC9550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9550
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 80)
HSL	hsl(27, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 66.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 26.67, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 55.97, 61.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0732 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.135 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7910, 39.9114, 12.8273)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9550 #50A7EC

analogous

#EC5059 #EC9550 #ECE350

triadic

#EC9550 #50EC95 #9550EC

tetradic

#EC9550 #59EC50 #50A7EC #E350EC

square

#EC9550 #59EC50 #50A7EC #E350EC

split-complementary

#EC9550 #50ECE3 #5059EC

monochromatic

#AF5813 #E67419 #EC9550 #F2B687 #F8D8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#EC9550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#EC9550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9550

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9550	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)

#AF9E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b483',
    500: '#ec9550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9550;
$custom-light: #f7b483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.538,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74614,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9550

secondary

#AFCFE9

accent

#7FDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9550

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

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