#EC994D#EC994D

#EC994D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC994D
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 77)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 24.38, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 57.11, 64.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0659 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.135 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3264, 41.1556, 12.4711)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC994D #4DA0EC

analogous

#EC4D51 #EC994D #ECE84D

triadic

#EC994D #4DEC99 #994DEC

tetradic

#EC994D #51EC4D #4DA0EC #E84DEC

square

#EC994D #51EC4D #4DA0EC #E84DEC

split-complementary

#EC994D #4DECE8 #4D51EC

monochromatic

#AC5C12 #E47918 #EC994D #F2B984 #F8D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#EC994D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#EC994D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC994D

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC994D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC994D	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec994d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b782',
    500: '#ec994d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec994d;
$custom-light: #f7b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec994d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.679,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75284,
    "c": 0.13491,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC994D

secondary

#ADCCE8

accent

#77DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC994D

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

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