#EC9862#EC9862

#EC9862 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9862
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 98)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 26.27, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 48.83, 57.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0746 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.123 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0281, 41.1755, 16.9711)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9862 #62B6EC

analogous

#EC6271 #EC9862 #ECDD62

triadic

#EC9862 #62EC98 #9862EC

tetradic

#EC9862 #71EC62 #62B6EC #DD62EC

square

#EC9862 #71EC62 #62B6EC #DD62EC

split-complementary

#EC9862 #62ECDD #6271EC

monochromatic

#BD5817 #E5742B #EC9862 #F3BC99 #F9E0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#EC9862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9862

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9862	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b690',
    500: '#ec9862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9862;
$custom-light: #f6b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.478,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75373,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9862

secondary

#BEDAEC

accent

#89DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9862

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

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