#EC9A62#EC9A62
#EC9A62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9A62 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 154, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 78%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 58%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 58.5%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.75, 25.21, 41.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.75, 48.74, 58.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.72% 0.0715 0.0988) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.72% 0.122 54.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.3555, 41.8302, 17.0802) |
| Luminance | 0.4183 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.22
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.97
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.24
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.25
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.71
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9A62 #62B4EC
analogous
#EC626F #EC9A62 #ECDF62
triadic
#EC9A62 #62EC9A #9A62EC
tetradic
#EC9A62 #6FEC62 #62B4EC #DF62EC
square
#EC9A62 #6FEC62 #62B4EC #DF62EC
split-complementary
#EC9A62 #62ECDF #626FEC
monochromatic
#BD5A17 #E5772B #EC9A62 #F3BD99 #F9E0CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#EC9A62 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.37
#EC9A62 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9A62
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9A62 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9A62 | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.37 | 9.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A25D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B462
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9a62; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 154, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 54.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b890',
500: '#ec9a62',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9a62; $custom-light: #f6b890; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9a62",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 154,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.348,
"s": 78.409,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75725,
"c": 0.12197,
"h": 54.1
},
"luminance": 0.41826
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9A62
secondary
#BED9EC
accent
#86DB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D