#EC9963#EC9963

#EC9963 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.122 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9963
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 99)
HSL	hsl(24, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 25.82, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 48.39, 57.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.0734 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.122 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2386, 41.5205, 17.2757)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9963 #63B6EC

analogous

#EC6371 #EC9963 #ECDE63

triadic

#EC9963 #63EC99 #9963EC

tetradic

#EC9963 #71EC63 #63B6EC #DE63EC

square

#EC9963 #71EC63 #63B6EC #DE63EC

split-complementary

#EC9963 #63ECDE #6371EC

monochromatic

#BE5917 #E5752C #EC9963 #F3BD9A #F9E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#EC9963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9963

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9963	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)

#B1A25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.122 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b790',
    500: '#ec9963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9963;
$custom-light: #f6b790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.65,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75563,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9963

secondary

#BFDAEC

accent

#89DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9963

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

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