#EC9957#EC9957

#EC9957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9957
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 24.99, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 53.12, 61.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0692 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.129 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7070, 41.3078, 14.4757)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9957 #57AAEC

analogous

#EC575F #EC9957 #ECE357

triadic

#EC9957 #57EC99 #9957EC

tetradic

#EC9957 #5FEC57 #57AAEC #E357EC

square

#EC9957 #5FEC57 #57AAEC #E357EC

split-complementary

#EC9957 #57ECE3 #575FEC

monochromatic

#B45B14 #E67820 #EC9957 #F2BA8E #F8DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#EC9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9957

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9957	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b788',
    500: '#ec9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9957;
$custom-light: #f7b788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.577,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75401,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9957

secondary

#B5D2EA

accent

#7FDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9957

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

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