#EC9857#EC9857

#EC9857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9857
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(26, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 25.51, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 53.14, 61.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0708 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.129 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5440, 40.9818, 14.4213)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9857 #57ABEC

analogous

#EC5760 #EC9857 #ECE257

triadic

#EC9857 #57EC98 #9857EC

tetradic

#EC9857 #60EC57 #57ABEC #E257EC

square

#EC9857 #60EC57 #57ABEC #E257EC

split-complementary

#EC9857 #57ECE2 #5760EC

monochromatic

#B45A14 #E67620 #EC9857 #F2BA8E #F8DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EC9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#EC9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9857

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9857	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b688',
    500: '#ec9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9857;
$custom-light: #f7b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.174,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75224,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9857

secondary

#B5D3EA

accent

#80DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9857

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

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