#EC9974#EC9974

#EC9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9974
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(19, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(19, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 27.21, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 42.19, 49.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0798 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.112 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1386, 41.8804, 22.0154)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9974 #74C7EC

analogous

#EC748B #EC9974 #ECD574

triadic

#EC9974 #74EC99 #9974EC

tetradic

#EC9974 #8BEC74 #74C7EC #D574EC

square

#EC9974 #8BEC74 #74C7EC #D574EC

split-complementary

#EC9974 #74ECD5 #748BEC

monochromatic

#CA511C #E5713E #EC9974 #F3C1AA #FBE8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#EC9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9974

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9974	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b79c',
    500: '#ec9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9974;
$custom-light: #f6b79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75837,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9974

secondary

#CCE5EF

accent

#9AD80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9974

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

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