#EC9961#EC9961

#EC9961 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9961
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(24, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 25.67, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 49.17, 58.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0727 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.123 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1442, 41.4827, 16.7783)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9961 #61B4EC

analogous

#EC616E #EC9961 #ECDF61

triadic

#EC9961 #61EC99 #9961EC

tetradic

#EC9961 #6EEC61 #61B4EC #DF61EC

square

#EC9961 #6EEC61 #61B4EC #DF61EC

split-complementary

#EC9961 #61ECDF #616EEC

monochromatic

#BC5917 #E5762A #EC9961 #F3BC98 #F9E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#EC9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9961

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9961	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b78f',
    500: '#ec9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9961;
$custom-light: #f6b78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.173,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75534,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9961

secondary

#BDD9EC

accent

#87DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9961

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

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