#EC994B#EC994B

#EC994B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC994B
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 24.27, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 57.90, 65.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0653 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.136 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2568, 41.1277, 12.1049)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC994B #4B9EEC

analogous

#EC4B4D #EC994B #ECE94B

triadic

#EC994B #4BEC99 #994BEC

tetradic

#EC994B #4DEC4B #4B9EEC #E94BEC

square

#EC994B #4DEC4B #4B9EEC #E94BEC

split-complementary

#EC994B #4BECE9 #4B4DEC

monochromatic

#AB5C12 #E27A18 #EC994B #F2B882 #F8D8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EC994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#EC994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC994B

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC994B	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)

#B3A043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b780',
    500: '#ec994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec994b;
$custom-light: #f7b780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.068,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75263,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC994B

secondary

#ABCAE8

accent

#76DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC994B

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

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