#EC997C#EC997C

#EC997C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.108 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC997C
RGB	rgb(236, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(16, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(16, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 47.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 27.95, 28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 39.63, 45.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0829 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.108 40)
XYZ	xyz(49.6241, 42.0747, 24.5725)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC997C #7CCFEC

analogous

#EC7C97 #EC997C #ECD17C

triadic

#EC997C #7CEC99 #997CEC

tetradic

#EC997C #97EC7C #7CCFEC #D17CEC

square

#EC997C #97EC7C #7CCFEC #D17CEC

split-complementary

#EC997C #7CECD1 #7C97EC

monochromatic

#D04C1E #E46F47 #EC997C #F4C3B1 #FBEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#EC997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC997C

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC997C	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)

#AEA37A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE8C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.108 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a2',
    500: '#ec997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec997c;
$custom-light: #f5b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.536,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.42071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC997C

secondary

#D3E9F1

accent

#A3D70F

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FFF6F3

border

#D7D0CD

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC997C

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

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