#EC9561#EC9561

#EC9561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EC9561
RGBrgb(236, 149, 97)
HSLhsl(22, 79%, 65%)
HSVhsv(22, 59%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.61, 27.78, 40.84)
CIE-LCHlch(69.61, 49.39, 55.77°)
OKLaboklab(74.83% 0.0791 0.0968)
OKLCHoklch(74.83% 0.125 50.8)
XYZxyz(47.5005, 40.1952, 16.5638)
Luminance0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EC9561 #61B8EC
analogous
#EC6172 #EC9561 #ECDA61
triadic
#EC9561 #61EC95 #9561EC
tetradic
#EC9561 #72EC61 #61B8EC #DA61EC
square
#EC9561 #72EC61 #61B8EC #DA61EC
split-complementary
#EC9561 #61ECDA #6172EC
monochromatic
#BC5417 #E5702A #EC9561 #F3BA98 #F9DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#EC9561 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04
#EC9561 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9561
9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EC9561#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EC95611.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9E5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B261
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ec9561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 50.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b48f',
    500: '#ec9561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ec9561;
$custom-light: #f6b48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ec9561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.446,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EC9561
secondary
#BDDAEC
accent
#8DDB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9561

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#EC9561 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva