#EC9863#EC9863

#EC9863 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9863
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 99)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 26.35, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 48.44, 57.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.075 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.122 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0756, 41.1945, 17.2213)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9863 #63B7EC

analogous

#EC6372 #EC9863 #ECDD63

triadic

#EC9863 #63EC98 #9863EC

tetradic

#EC9863 #72EC63 #63B7EC #DD63EC

square

#EC9863 #72EC63 #63B7EC #DD63EC

split-complementary

#EC9863 #63ECDD #6372EC

monochromatic

#BE5717 #E5742C #EC9863 #F3BC9A #F9E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#EC9863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9863

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9863	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b690',
    500: '#ec9863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9863;
$custom-light: #f6b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.212,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75387,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9863

secondary

#BFDBEC

accent

#8ADB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9863

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

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