#EC9969#EC9969

#EC9969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9969
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(22, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(22, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 26.28, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 46.12, 55.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0756 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.118 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5362, 41.6395, 18.8429)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9969 #69BCEC

analogous

#EC697B #EC9969 #ECDB69

triadic

#EC9969 #69EC99 #9969EC

tetradic

#EC9969 #7BEC69 #69BCEC #DB69EC

square

#EC9969 #7BEC69 #69BCEC #DB69EC

split-complementary

#EC9969 #69ECDB #697BEC

monochromatic

#C25719 #E57433 #EC9969 #F3BE9F #FAE3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC9969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#EC9969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9969

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9969	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b794',
    500: '#ec9969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9969;
$custom-light: #f6b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.985,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75654,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9969

secondary

#C3DEED

accent

#8EDA0C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9969

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

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