#EC9979#EC9979

#EC9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.110 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9979
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 27.66, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 40.56, 46.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0818 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.11 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4373, 41.9999, 23.5885)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9979 #79CCEC

analogous

#EC7992 #EC9979 #ECD379

triadic

#EC9979 #79EC99 #9979EC

tetradic

#EC9979 #92EC79 #79CCEC #D379EC

square

#EC9979 #92EC79 #79CCEC #D379EC

split-complementary

#EC9979 #79ECD3 #7992EC

monochromatic

#CD4E1D #E47043 #EC9979 #F4C2AF #FBEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EC9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9979

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9979	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.110 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a0',
    500: '#ec9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9979;
$custom-light: #f5b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.696,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9979

secondary

#D0E8F0

accent

#9FD70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9979

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

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