#EC996F#EC996F

#EC996F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC996F
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(20, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 26.77, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 43.93, 52.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0779 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.115 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8555, 41.7672, 20.5247)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC996F #6FC2EC

analogous

#EC6F83 #EC996F #ECD76F

triadic

#EC996F #6FEC99 #996FEC

tetradic

#EC996F #83EC6F #6FC2EC #D76FEC

square

#EC996F #83EC6F #6FC2EC #D76FEC

split-complementary

#EC996F #6FECD7 #6F83EC

monochromatic

#C6541A #E57339 #EC996F #F3BFA5 #FAE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#EC996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC996F

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC996F	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)

#AFA26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b799',
    500: '#ec996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec996f;
$custom-light: #f6b799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.16,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75751,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC996F

secondary

#C8E2EF

accent

#94D90D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC996F

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

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