#EC956E#EC956E

#EC956E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC956E
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 110)
HSL	hsl(19, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(19, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 28.80, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 44.71, 49.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0839 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.118 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1570, 40.4578, 20.0217)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC956E #6EC5EC

analogous

#EC6E86 #EC956E #ECD46E

triadic

#EC956E #6EEC95 #956EEC

tetradic

#EC956E #86EC6E #6EC5EC #D46EEC

square

#EC956E #86EC6E #6EC5EC #D46EEC

split-complementary

#EC956E #6EECD4 #6E86EC

monochromatic

#C64F1A #E56D38 #EC956E #F3BDA4 #FAE4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EC956E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#EC956E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC956E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC956E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC956E	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)

#AC9F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec956e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b498',
    500: '#ec956e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec956e;
$custom-light: #f6b498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec956e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.571,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75039,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC956E

secondary

#C7E2EE

accent

#9AD90C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC956E

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

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