#EC9749#EC9749

#EC9749 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.138 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9749
RGB	rgb(236, 151, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 25.22, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 58.69, 64.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0678 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.138 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8649, 40.4516, 11.6418)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9749 #499EEC

analogous

#EC494C #EC9749 #ECE949

triadic

#EC9749 #49EC97 #9749EC

tetradic

#EC9749 #4CEC49 #499EEC #E949EC

square

#EC9749 #4CEC49 #499EEC #E949EC

split-complementary

#EC9749 #49ECE9 #494CEC

monochromatic

#A95A12 #E07817 #EC9749 #F2B780 #F8D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#EC9749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#EC9749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9749

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9749	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)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 151, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.138 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b67f',
    500: '#ec9749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9749;
$custom-light: #f7b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.712,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74889,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9749

secondary

#A9CAE7

accent

#77DD08

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9749

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

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