#EC9959#EC9959

#EC9959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9959
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 25.12, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 52.32, 61.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0699 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.128 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7898, 41.3409, 14.9120)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9959 #59ACEC

analogous

#EC5962 #EC9959 #ECE259

triadic

#EC9959 #59EC99 #9959EC

tetradic

#EC9959 #62EC59 #59ACEC #E259EC

square

#EC9959 #62EC59 #59ACEC #E259EC

split-complementary

#EC9959 #59ECE2 #5962EC

monochromatic

#B65B15 #E67722 #EC9959 #F2BB90 #F9DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#EC9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9959

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9959	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b78a',
    500: '#ec9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9959;
$custom-light: #f7b78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.122,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9959

secondary

#B6D4EA

accent

#80DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9959

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

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