#EC9849#EC9849

#EC9849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9849
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 24.70, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 58.68, 65.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0663 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.137 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0265, 40.7748, 11.6957)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9849 #499DEC

analogous

#EC494B #EC9849 #ECEA49

triadic

#EC9849 #49EC98 #9849EC

tetradic

#EC9849 #4BEC49 #499DEC #EA49EC

square

#EC9849 #4BEC49 #499DEC #EA49EC

split-complementary

#EC9849 #49ECEA #494BEC

monochromatic

#A95B12 #E07917 #EC9849 #F2B780 #F8D7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#EC9849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#EC9849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9849

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9849	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b67f',
    500: '#ec9849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9849;
$custom-light: #f7b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.08,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75065,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9849

secondary

#A9C9E7

accent

#76DD08

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9849

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

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