#EC956D#EC956D

#EC956D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC956D
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 109)
HSL	hsl(19, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(19, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 28.72, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 45.05, 50.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0835 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.119 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1029, 40.4362, 19.7366)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC956D #6DC4EC

analogous

#EC6D84 #EC956D #ECD56D

triadic

#EC956D #6DEC95 #956DEC

tetradic

#EC956D #84EC6D #6DC4EC #D56DEC

square

#EC956D #84EC6D #6DC4EC #D56DEC

split-complementary

#EC956D #6DECD5 #6D84EC

monochromatic

#C5501A #E56E37 #EC956D #F3BCA3 #FAE4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EC956D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#EC956D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC956D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC956D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC956D	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec956d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b497',
    500: '#ec956d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec956d;
$custom-light: #f6b497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec956d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.898,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC956D

secondary

#C7E2EE

accent

#99D90C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC956D

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

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