#EC9657#EC9657

#EC9657 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9657
RGB	rgb(236, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 26.57, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 53.19, 60.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.074 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.13 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2221, 40.3381, 14.3140)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9657 #57ADEC

analogous

#EC5762 #EC9657 #ECE057

triadic

#EC9657 #57EC96 #9657EC

tetradic

#EC9657 #62EC57 #57ADEC #E057EC

square

#EC9657 #62EC57 #57ADEC #E057EC

split-complementary

#EC9657 #57ECE0 #5762EC

monochromatic

#B45814 #E67420 #EC9657 #F2B88E #F8DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#EC9657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#EC9657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9657

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9657	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b588',
    500: '#ec9657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9657;
$custom-light: #f7b588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.369,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9657

secondary

#B5D3EA

accent

#83DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9657

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

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