#EC9864#EC9864

#EC9864 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.122 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9864
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 100)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 57.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 26.42, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 48.06, 56.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0754 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.122 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1237, 41.2137, 17.4747)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9864 #64B8EC

analogous

#EC6474 #EC9864 #ECDC64

triadic

#EC9864 #64EC98 #9864EC

tetradic

#EC9864 #74EC64 #64B8EC #DC64EC

square

#EC9864 #74EC64 #64B8EC #DC64EC

split-complementary

#EC9864 #64ECDC #6474EC

monochromatic

#BE5717 #E5742D #EC9864 #F3BC9B #F9E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#EC9864 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9864

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9864	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)

#B0A160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.122 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b691',
    500: '#ec9864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9864;
$custom-light: #f6b691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.941,
    "s": 78.161,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75402,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9864

secondary

#BFDBEC

accent

#8BDA0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9864

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

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