#EC9A63#EC9A63
#EC9A63 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9A63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 154, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 58%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 58.1%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.77, 25.29, 41.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.77, 48.35, 58.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.74% 0.0718 0.0978) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.74% 0.121 53.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4030, 41.8492, 17.3305) |
| Luminance | 0.4184 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.42
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.17
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.32
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.25
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.68
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9A63 #63B5EC
analogous
#EC6370 #EC9A63 #ECDF63
triadic
#EC9A63 #63EC9A #9A63EC
tetradic
#EC9A63 #70EC63 #63B5EC #DF63EC
square
#EC9A63 #70EC63 #63B5EC #DF63EC
split-complementary
#EC9A63 #63ECDF #6370EC
monochromatic
#BE5A17 #E5772C #EC9A63 #F3BD9A #F9E1D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#EC9A63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.37
#EC9A63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9A63
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9A63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9A63 | 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)
#B1A25E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B463
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9a63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 154, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 53.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b890',
500: '#ec9a63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9a63; $custom-light: #f6b890; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9a63",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 154,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.088,
"s": 78.286,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75739,
"c": 0.12136,
"h": 53.7
},
"luminance": 0.41845
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9A63
secondary
#BFDAEC
accent
#87DB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807D