#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
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(22, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 27.78, 40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 49.39, 55.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0791 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.125 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5005, 40.1952, 16.5638)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##EC9561	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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