#EC9559#EC9559

#EC9559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9559
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(24, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 27.23, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 52.45, 58.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0762 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.13 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1461, 40.0535, 14.6974)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9559 #59B0EC

analogous

#EC5966 #EC9559 #ECDE59

triadic

#EC9559 #59EC95 #9559EC

tetradic

#EC9559 #66EC59 #59B0EC #DE59EC

square

#EC9559 #66EC59 #59B0EC #DE59EC

split-complementary

#EC9559 #59ECDE #5966EC

monochromatic

#B65715 #E67222 #EC9559 #F2B890 #F9DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#EC9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#EC9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9559

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9559	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b489',
    500: '#ec9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9559;
$custom-light: #f7b489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.49,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74725,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9559

secondary

#B6D5EA

accent

#86DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9559

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

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