#EC9970#EC9970

#EC9970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9970
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 112)
HSL	hsl(20, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 26.86, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 43.57, 51.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0783 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.114 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9109, 41.7894, 20.8163)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9970 #70C3EC

analogous

#EC7085 #EC9970 #ECD770

triadic

#EC9970 #70EC99 #9970EC

tetradic

#EC9970 #85EC70 #70C3EC #D770EC

square

#EC9970 #85EC70 #70C3EC #D770EC

split-complementary

#EC9970 #70ECD7 #7085EC

monochromatic

#C7541A #E5723A #EC9970 #F3C0A6 #FAE6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#EC9970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9970

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9970	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b799',
    500: '#ec9970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9970;
$custom-light: #f6b799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.839,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9970

secondary

#C9E2EF

accent

#95D90D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9970

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

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