#EC9962#EC9962

#EC9962 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.122 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9962
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(24, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 25.74, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 48.78, 58.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0731 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.122 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1911, 41.5015, 17.0254)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9962 #62B5EC

analogous

#EC6270 #EC9962 #ECDE62

triadic

#EC9962 #62EC99 #9962EC

tetradic

#EC9962 #70EC62 #62B5EC #DE62EC

square

#EC9962 #70EC62 #62B5EC #DE62EC

split-complementary

#EC9962 #62ECDE #6270EC

monochromatic

#BD5917 #E5762B #EC9962 #F3BC99 #F9E0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#EC9962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9962

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9962	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)

#B1A15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.122 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b790',
    500: '#ec9962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9962;
$custom-light: #f6b790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.913,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75549,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9962

secondary

#BEDAEC

accent

#88DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9962

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

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