#EC9971#EC9971

#EC9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9971
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(20, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 26.94, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 43.22, 51.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0787 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.114 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9669, 41.8118, 21.1111)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9971 #71C4EC

analogous

#EC7186 #EC9971 #ECD671

triadic

#EC9971 #71EC99 #9971EC

tetradic

#EC9971 #86EC71 #71C4EC #D671EC

square

#EC9971 #86EC71 #71C4EC #D671EC

split-complementary

#EC9971 #71ECD6 #7186EC

monochromatic

#C8531B #E5723B #EC9971 #F3C0A7 #FAE7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#EC9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9971

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9971	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)

#AFA26E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b79a',
    500: '#ec9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9971;
$custom-light: #f6b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.512,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75785,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9971

secondary

#CAE3EF

accent

#96D90D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9971

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

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