#EC9869#EC9869

#EC9869 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9869
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 105)
HSL	hsl(22, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(22, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 26.81, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 46.19, 54.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0772 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.119 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3732, 41.3135, 18.7885)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9869 #69BDEC

analogous

#EC697C #EC9869 #ECDA69

triadic

#EC9869 #69EC98 #9869EC

tetradic

#EC9869 #7CEC69 #69BDEC #DA69EC

square

#EC9869 #7CEC69 #69BDEC #DA69EC

split-complementary

#EC9869 #69ECDA #697CEC

monochromatic

#C25519 #E57333 #EC9869 #F3BD9F #FAE3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#EC9869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9869

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9869	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)

#AFA165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b694',
    500: '#ec9869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9869;
$custom-light: #f6b694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75479,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9869

secondary

#C3DEED

accent

#90DA0C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9869

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

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