#EC9852#EC9852

#EC9852 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9852
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 82)
HSL	hsl(27, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 25.20, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 55.12, 62.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0691 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.132 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3468, 40.9029, 13.3825)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9852 #52A6EC

analogous

#EC5259 #EC9852 #ECE552

triadic

#EC9852 #52EC98 #9852EC

tetradic

#EC9852 #59EC52 #52A6EC #E552EC

square

#EC9852 #59EC52 #52A6EC #E552EC

split-complementary

#EC9852 #52ECE5 #5259EC

monochromatic

#B05B13 #E6771B #EC9852 #F2B989 #F8DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#EC9852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#EC9852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9852

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9852	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b685',
    500: '#ec9852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9852;
$custom-light: #f7b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75164,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9852

secondary

#B1CFE9

accent

#7CDD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9852

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

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