#EC9978#EC9978

#EC9978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.110 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9978
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 120)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 27.57, 30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 40.88, 47.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0814 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.11 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3763, 41.9755, 23.2672)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9978 #78CBEC

analogous

#EC7891 #EC9978 #ECD378

triadic

#EC9978 #78EC99 #9978EC

tetradic

#EC9978 #91EC78 #78CBEC #D378EC

square

#EC9978 #91EC78 #78CBEC #D378EC

split-complementary

#EC9978 #78ECD3 #7891EC

monochromatic

#CD4F1D #E47042 #EC9978 #F4C2AE #FBEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#EC9978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9978

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9978	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)

#AEA375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.110 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b79f',
    500: '#ec9978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9978;
$custom-light: #f5b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.069,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75909,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9978

secondary

#D0E7F0

accent

#9ED70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9978

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

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