#EC991D#EC991D

#EC991D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.156 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC991D
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 29)
HSL	hsl(36, 84%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 88%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 87.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 22.59, 69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 73.29, 72.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0549 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.156 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2090, 40.7086, 6.5861)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC991D #1D70EC

analogous

#EC321D #EC991D #D8EC1D

triadic

#EC991D #1DEC99 #991DEC

tetradic

#EC991D #1DEC32 #1D70EC #EC1DD8

square

#EC991D #1DEC32 #1D70EC #EC1DD8

split-complementary

#EC991D #1DD8EC #321DEC

monochromatic

#84530B #BC7710 #EC991D #F1B255 #F5CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#EC991D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#EC991D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC991D

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC991D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC991D	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec991d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.156 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b768',
    500: '#ec991d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec991d;
$custom-light: #f9b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec991d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.942,
    "s": 84.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74941,
    "c": 0.15619,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC991D

secondary

#85A9E0

accent

#80FB2D

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EB

border

#D7D0C6

text

#191107

muted

#87807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC991D

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

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