#EC9960#EC9960

#EC9960 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 54.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9960
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 96)
HSL	hsl(24, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 25.60, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 49.56, 58.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0723 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.124 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0979, 41.4642, 16.5343)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9960 #60B3EC

analogous

#EC606D #EC9960 #ECDF60

triadic

#EC9960 #60EC99 #9960EC

tetradic

#EC9960 #6DEC60 #60B3EC #DF60EC

square

#EC9960 #6DEC60 #60B3EC #DF60EC

split-complementary

#EC9960 #60ECDF #606DEC

monochromatic

#BB5916 #E57629 #EC9960 #F3BC97 #F9DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#EC9960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9960

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9960	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b78e',
    500: '#ec9960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9960;
$custom-light: #f6b78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.429,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9960

secondary

#BCD8EC

accent

#86DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9960

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

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