#EC996E#EC996E

#EC996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC996E
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(20, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 26.69, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 44.28, 52.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0775 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.115 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8008, 41.7453, 20.2363)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC996E #6EC1EC

analogous

#EC6E82 #EC996E #ECD86E

triadic

#EC996E #6EEC99 #996EEC

tetradic

#EC996E #82EC6E #6EC1EC #D86EEC

square

#EC996E #82EC6E #6EC1EC #D86EEC

split-complementary

#EC996E #6EECD8 #6E82EC

monochromatic

#C6551A #E57338 #EC996E #F3BFA4 #FAE5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#EC996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC996E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC996E	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b798',
    500: '#ec996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec996e;
$custom-light: #f6b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.476,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75734,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC996E

secondary

#C7E1EE

accent

#93D90C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC996E

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

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