#EC994E#EC994E

#EC994E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.134 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC994E
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(28, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 24.44, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 56.71, 64.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0662 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.134 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3619, 41.1698, 12.6585)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC994E #4EA1EC

analogous

#EC4E52 #EC994E #ECE84E

triadic

#EC994E #4EEC99 #994EEC

tetradic

#EC994E #52EC4E #4EA1EC #E84EEC

square

#EC994E #52EC4E #4EA1EC #E84EEC

split-complementary

#EC994E #4EECE8 #4E52EC

monochromatic

#AD5C13 #E47919 #EC994E #F2B985 #F8D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#EC994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC994E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC994E	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#B2A146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.134 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b782',
    500: '#ec994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec994e;
$custom-light: #f7b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.481,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75295,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC994E

secondary

#AECCE8

accent

#78DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC994E

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

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