#EC9659#EC9659

#EC9659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9659
RGB	rgb(236, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(25, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 26.70, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 52.41, 59.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0746 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.129 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3050, 40.3712, 14.7503)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9659 #59AFEC

analogous

#EC5965 #EC9659 #ECDF59

triadic

#EC9659 #59EC96 #9659EC

tetradic

#EC9659 #65EC59 #59AFEC #DF59EC

square

#EC9659 #65EC59 #59AFEC #DF59EC

split-complementary

#EC9659 #59ECDF #5965EC

monochromatic

#B65815 #E67322 #EC9659 #F2B990 #F9DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EC9659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#EC9659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9659

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9659	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b589',
    500: '#ec9659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9659;
$custom-light: #f7b589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.898,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74899,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9659

secondary

#B6D5EA

accent

#85DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9659

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

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