#EC9565#EC9565

#EC9565 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.123 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9565
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 28.08, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 47.90, 54.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0805 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.123 49)
XYZ	xyz(47.6917, 40.2717, 17.5709)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9565 #65BCEC

analogous

#EC6578 #EC9565 #ECD865

triadic

#EC9565 #65EC95 #9565EC

tetradic

#EC9565 #78EC65 #65BCEC #D865EC

square

#EC9565 #78EC65 #65BCEC #D865EC

split-complementary

#EC9565 #65ECD8 #6578EC

monochromatic

#BF5318 #E56F2F #EC9565 #F3BA9B #F9E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#EC9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#EC9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9565

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9565	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.123 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b492',
    500: '#ec9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9565;
$custom-light: #f6b492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.333,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74895,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.40267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9565

secondary

#C0DDED

accent

#91DA0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9565

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

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