#EC9965#EC9965

#EC9965 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.121 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9965
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 25.97, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 47.63, 56.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0741 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.121 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3354, 41.5592, 17.7855)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9965 #65B8EC

analogous

#EC6574 #EC9965 #ECDC65

triadic

#EC9965 #65EC99 #9965EC

tetradic

#EC9965 #74EC65 #65B8EC #DC65EC

square

#EC9965 #74EC65 #65B8EC #DC65EC

split-complementary

#EC9965 #65ECDC #6574EC

monochromatic

#BF5818 #E5752F #EC9965 #F3BD9B #F9E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC9965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#EC9965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9965

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9965	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.121 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b792',
    500: '#ec9965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9965;
$custom-light: #f6b792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.111,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75593,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9965

secondary

#C0DBED

accent

#8BDA0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9965

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

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