#EC997B#EC997B

#EC997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.109 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC997B
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(16, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 47.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 27.85, 28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 39.94, 45.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0825 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.109 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5612, 42.0495, 24.2412)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC997B #7BCEEC

analogous

#EC7B95 #EC997B #ECD17B

triadic

#EC997B #7BEC99 #997BEC

tetradic

#EC997B #95EC7B #7BCEEC #D17BEC

square

#EC997B #95EC7B #7BCEEC #D17BEC

split-complementary

#EC997B #7BECD1 #7B95EC

monochromatic

#CF4D1E #E47046 #EC997B #F4C2B0 #FBEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#EC997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC997B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC997B	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.109 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a1',
    500: '#ec997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec997b;
$custom-light: #f5b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.929,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75965,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC997B

secondary

#D2E9F1

accent

#A2D70F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110F

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC997B

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

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