#EC9975#EC9975

#EC9975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9975
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 117)
HSL	hsl(18, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 50.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 27.30, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 41.86, 49.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0802 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.112 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1970, 41.9038, 22.3234)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9975 #75C8EC

analogous

#EC758D #EC9975 #ECD475

triadic

#EC9975 #75EC99 #9975EC

tetradic

#EC9975 #8DEC75 #75C8EC #D475EC

square

#EC9975 #8DEC75 #75C8EC #D475EC

split-complementary

#EC9975 #75ECD4 #758DEC

monochromatic

#CB511C #E5713F #EC9975 #F3C1AB #FBE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#EC9975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9975

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9975	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)

#AFA372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b79d',
    500: '#ec9975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9975;
$custom-light: #f5b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.151,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75854,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9975

secondary

#CDE5F0

accent

#9BD80E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9975

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

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