#EC9562#EC9562

#EC9562 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.124 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9562
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 98)
HSL	hsl(22, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(22, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 27.86, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 49.02, 55.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0794 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.124 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5474, 40.2140, 16.8109)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9562 #62B9EC

analogous

#EC6274 #EC9562 #ECDA62

triadic

#EC9562 #62EC95 #9562EC

tetradic

#EC9562 #74EC62 #62B9EC #DA62EC

square

#EC9562 #74EC62 #62B9EC #DA62EC

split-complementary

#EC9562 #62ECDA #6274EC

monochromatic

#BD5417 #E5702B #EC9562 #F3BA99 #F9DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#EC9562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#EC9562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9562

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9562	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)

#AD9F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.124 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b490',
    500: '#ec9562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9562;
$custom-light: #f6b490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.174,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7485,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9562

secondary

#BEDBEC

accent

#8EDB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9562

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

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