#EC9966#EC9966

#EC9966 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9966
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 102)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 26.05, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 47.25, 56.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0745 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.12 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3847, 41.5789, 18.0451)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9966 #66B9EC

analogous

#EC6676 #EC9966 #ECDC66

triadic

#EC9966 #66EC99 #9966EC

tetradic

#EC9966 #76EC66 #66B9EC #DC66EC

square

#EC9966 #76EC66 #66B9EC #DC66EC

split-complementary

#EC9966 #66ECDC #6676EC

monochromatic

#C05818 #E57530 #EC9966 #F3BD9C #FAE2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC9966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#EC9966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9966

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9966	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b792',
    500: '#ec9966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9966;
$custom-light: #f6b792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.836,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75608,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9966

secondary

#C1DCED

accent

#8BDA0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9966

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

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