#EC996B#EC996B

#EC996B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC996B
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(21, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 26.44, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 45.37, 54.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0764 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.117 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6402, 41.6811, 19.3906)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC996B #6BBEEC

analogous

#EC6B7E #EC996B #ECD96B

triadic

#EC996B #6BEC99 #996BEC

tetradic

#EC996B #7EEC6B #6BBEEC #D96BEC

square

#EC996B #7EEC6B #6BBEEC #D96BEC

split-complementary

#EC996B #6BECD9 #6B7EEC

monochromatic

#C45619 #E57435 #EC996B #F3BEA1 #FAE4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#EC996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC996B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC996B	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b796',
    500: '#ec996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec996b;
$custom-light: #f6b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.395,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC996B

secondary

#C5DFEE

accent

#90D90C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC996B

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

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