#EC9A65#EC9A65
#EC9A65 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9A65 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 154, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 57.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.79, 25.44, 40.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.79, 47.58, 57.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.77% 0.0726 0.0958) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.77% 0.12 52.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4998, 41.8879, 17.8403) |
| Luminance | 0.4188 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.85
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.52
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.58
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.30
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.63
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9A65 #65B7EC
analogous
#EC6573 #EC9A65 #ECDE65
triadic
#EC9A65 #65EC9A #9A65EC
tetradic
#EC9A65 #73EC65 #65B7EC #DE65EC
square
#EC9A65 #73EC65 #65B7EC #DE65EC
split-complementary
#EC9A65 #65ECDE #6573EC
monochromatic
#BF5918 #E5762F #EC9A65 #F3BE9B #F9E1D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#EC9A65 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.38
#EC9A65 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9A65
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9A65 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9A65 | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.38 | 9.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A260
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B465
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9a65; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 154, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 52.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b892',
500: '#ec9a65',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9a65; $custom-light: #f6b892; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9a65",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 154,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.556,
"s": 78.035,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75769,
"c": 0.12015,
"h": 52.9
},
"luminance": 0.41884
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9A65
secondary
#C0DBED
accent
#89DA0B
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E