#EC9976#EC9976

#EC9976 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.111 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9976
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 118)
HSL	hsl(18, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 50%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 27.39, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 41.53, 48.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0806 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.111 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2562, 41.9275, 22.6347)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9976 #76C9EC

analogous

#EC768E #EC9976 #ECD476

triadic

#EC9976 #76EC99 #9976EC

tetradic

#EC9976 #8EEC76 #76C9EC #D476EC

square

#EC9976 #8EEC76 #76C9EC #D476EC

split-complementary

#EC9976 #76ECD4 #768EEC

monochromatic

#CB501C #E57140 #EC9976 #F3C1AC #FBE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#EC9976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9976

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9976	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)

#AEA373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.111 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b79e',
    500: '#ec9976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9976;
$custom-light: #f5b79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.797,
    "s": 75.641,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75872,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9976

secondary

#CEE6F0

accent

#9CD80E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9976

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

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