#EC9868#EC9868

#EC9868 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9868
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 104)
HSL	hsl(22, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(22, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 55.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 26.73, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 46.56, 54.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0769 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.119 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3221, 41.2931, 18.5194)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9868 #68BCEC

analogous

#EC687A #EC9868 #ECDA68

triadic

#EC9868 #68EC98 #9868EC

tetradic

#EC9868 #7AEC68 #68BCEC #DA68EC

square

#EC9868 #7AEC68 #68BCEC #DA68EC

split-complementary

#EC9868 #68ECDA #687AEC

monochromatic

#C15618 #E57332 #EC9868 #F3BD9E #FAE2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#EC9868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9868

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9868	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b694',
    500: '#ec9868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9868;
$custom-light: #f6b694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75463,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9868

secondary

#C3DEED

accent

#8FDA0C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9868

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

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