#EC996C#EC996C

#EC996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC996C
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(21, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 26.52, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 45.01, 53.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0768 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.117 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6931, 41.7023, 19.6693)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC996C #6CBFEC

analogous

#EC6C7F #EC996C #ECD96C

triadic

#EC996C #6CEC99 #996CEC

tetradic

#EC996C #7FEC6C #6CBFEC #D96CEC

square

#EC996C #7FEC6C #6CBFEC #D96CEC

split-complementary

#EC996C #6CECD9 #6C7FEC

monochromatic

#C45519 #E57336 #EC996C #F3BFA2 #FAE4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#EC996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC996C

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC996C	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)

#B0A268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b797',
    500: '#ec996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec996c;
$custom-light: #f6b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.094,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75701,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC996C

secondary

#C6E0EE

accent

#91D90C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC996C

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

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