#EC9972#EC9972

#EC9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9972
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(19, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(19, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 27.03, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 42.88, 50.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0791 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.113 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0235, 41.8344, 21.4093)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9972 #72C5EC

analogous

#EC7288 #EC9972 #ECD672

triadic

#EC9972 #72EC99 #9972EC

tetradic

#EC9972 #88EC72 #72C5EC #D672EC

square

#EC9972 #88EC72 #72C5EC #D672EC

split-complementary

#EC9972 #72ECD6 #7288EC

monochromatic

#C9531B #E5723C #EC9972 #F3C0A8 #FBE7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EC9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9972

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9972	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b79b',
    500: '#ec9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9972;
$custom-light: #f6b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.18,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9972

secondary

#CBE3EF

accent

#97D80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9972

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

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