#EC9866#EC9866

#EC9866 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9866
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 102)
HSL	hsl(22, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 26.57, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 47.31, 55.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0761 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.121 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2217, 41.2529, 17.9908)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9866 #66BAEC

analogous

#EC6677 #EC9866 #ECDB66

triadic

#EC9866 #66EC98 #9866EC

tetradic

#EC9866 #77EC66 #66BAEC #DB66EC

square

#EC9866 #77EC66 #66BAEC #DB66EC

split-complementary

#EC9866 #66ECDB #6677EC

monochromatic

#C05618 #E57330 #EC9866 #F3BD9C #FAE1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#EC9866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9866

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9866	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b692',
    500: '#ec9866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9866;
$custom-light: #f6b692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9866

secondary

#C1DCED

accent

#8DDA0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9866

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

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