#EC956F#EC956F

#EC956F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC956F
RGB	rgb(236, 149, 111)
HSL	hsl(18, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 28.89, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 44.37, 49.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0843 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.117 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2118, 40.4797, 20.3101)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC956F #6FC6EC

analogous

#EC6F87 #EC956F #ECD36F

triadic

#EC956F #6FEC95 #956FEC

tetradic

#EC956F #87EC6F #6FC6EC #D36FEC

square

#EC956F #87EC6F #6FC6EC #D36FEC

split-complementary

#EC956F #6FECD3 #6F87EC

monochromatic

#C64F1A #E56D39 #EC956F #F3BDA5 #FAE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EC956F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#EC956F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC956F

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC956F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC956F	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)

#AC9F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec956f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 149, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b499',
    500: '#ec956f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec956f;
$custom-light: #f6b499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec956f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.24,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75056,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC956F

secondary

#C8E3EF

accent

#9BD90D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC956F

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

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