#EC9762#EC9762

#EC9762 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9762
RGB	rgb(236, 151, 98)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 26.80, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 48.88, 56.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0762 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.123 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8665, 40.8523, 16.9172)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9762 #62B7EC

analogous

#EC6272 #EC9762 #ECDC62

triadic

#EC9762 #62EC97 #9762EC

tetradic

#EC9762 #72EC62 #62B7EC #DC62EC

square

#EC9762 #72EC62 #62B7EC #DC62EC

split-complementary

#EC9762 #62ECDC #6272EC

monochromatic

#BD5717 #E5732B #EC9762 #F3BB99 #F9DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#EC9762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#EC9762 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9762

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9762	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 151, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b690',
    500: '#ec9762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9762;
$custom-light: #f6b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.043,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75198,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9762

secondary

#BEDAEC

accent

#8BDB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9762

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

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