#EC9977#EC9977

#EC9977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.111 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9977
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 27.48, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 41.20, 48.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.081 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.111 43)
XYZ	xyz(49.3159, 41.9514, 22.9493)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9977 #77CAEC

analogous

#EC7790 #EC9977 #ECD477

triadic

#EC9977 #77EC99 #9977EC

tetradic

#EC9977 #90EC77 #77CAEC #D477EC

square

#EC9977 #90EC77 #77CAEC #D477EC

split-complementary

#EC9977 #77ECD4 #7790EC

monochromatic

#CC501D #E47141 #EC9977 #F4C1AD #FBEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#EC9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9977

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9977	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.111 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b79e',
    500: '#ec9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9977;
$custom-light: #f5b79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.436,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7589,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.41947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9977

secondary

#CFE6F0

accent

#9DD80E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9977

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

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