#EC994A#EC994A

#EC994A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC994A
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 68.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 24.22, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 58.29, 65.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.065 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.137 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2229, 41.1142, 11.9261)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC994A #4A9DEC

analogous

#EC4A4C #EC994A #ECEA4A

triadic

#EC994A #4AEC99 #994AEC

tetradic

#EC994A #4CEC4A #4A9DEC #EA4AEC

square

#EC994A #4CEC4A #4A9DEC #EA4AEC

split-complementary

#EC994A #4AECEA #4A4CEC

monochromatic

#AA5C12 #E17A18 #EC994A #F2B881 #F8D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EC994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#EC994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC994A

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC994A	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b780',
    500: '#ec994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec994a;
$custom-light: #f7b780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.259,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75253,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC994A

secondary

#AACAE8

accent

#75DD08

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC994A

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

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