#EC955E#EC955E

#EC955E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC955E
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 94)
HSL	hsl(23, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 27.57, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 50.53, 56.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.078 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.127 52)
XYZ	xyz(47.3632, 40.1403, 15.8410)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC955E #5EB5EC

analogous

#EC5E6E #EC955E #ECDC5E

triadic

#EC955E #5EEC95 #955EEC

tetradic

#EC955E #6EEC5E #5EB5EC #DC5EEC

square

#EC955E #6EEC5E #5EB5EC #DC5EEC

split-complementary

#EC955E #5EECDC #5E6EEC

monochromatic

#BA5516 #E67127 #EC955E #F2B995 #F9DDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#EC955E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#EC955E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC955E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC955E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC955E	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec955e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b48d',
    500: '#ec955e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec955e;
$custom-light: #f7b48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec955e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.239,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74792,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.40136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC955E

secondary

#BBD8EB

accent

#8ADB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC955E

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

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