#EC9873#EC9873

#EC9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9873
RGB	rgb(236, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(18, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 27.65, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 42.65, 49.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.081 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.113 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9177, 41.5313, 21.6563)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9873 #73C7EC

analogous

#EC738B #EC9873 #ECD573

triadic

#EC9873 #73EC98 #9873EC

tetradic

#EC9873 #8BEC73 #73C7EC #D573EC

square

#EC9873 #8BEC73 #73C7EC #D573EC

split-complementary

#EC9873 #73ECD5 #738BEC

monochromatic

#C9511B #E5703D #EC9873 #F3C0A9 #FBE7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#EC9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9873

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9873	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b79b',
    500: '#ec9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9873;
$custom-light: #f6b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.347,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75645,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9873

secondary

#CCE4EF

accent

#9AD80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9873

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

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