#EC9557#EC9557

#EC9557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9557
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 27.10, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 53.23, 59.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0755 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.131 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0632, 40.0203, 14.2611)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9557 #57AEEC

analogous

#EC5763 #EC9557 #ECDF57

triadic

#EC9557 #57EC95 #9557EC

tetradic

#EC9557 #63EC57 #57AEEC #DF57EC

square

#EC9557 #63EC57 #57AEEC #DF57EC

split-complementary

#EC9557 #57ECDF #5763EC

monochromatic

#B45714 #E67220 #EC9557 #F2B88E #F8DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#EC9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#EC9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9557

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9557	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b488',
    500: '#ec9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9557;
$custom-light: #f7b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.966,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74699,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9557

secondary

#B5D4EA

accent

#84DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9557

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

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