#EC9A66#EC9A66
#EC9A66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 52.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9A66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 154, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 56.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.81, 25.52, 39.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.81, 47.19, 57.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.78% 0.0729 0.0947) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.78% 0.12 52.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5491, 41.9076, 18.0999) |
| Luminance | 0.4190 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.07
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.64
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.80
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.35
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.63
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9A66 #66B8EC
analogous
#EC6675 #EC9A66 #ECDD66
triadic
#EC9A66 #66EC9A #9A66EC
tetradic
#EC9A66 #75EC66 #66B8EC #DD66EC
square
#EC9A66 #75EC66 #66B8EC #DD66EC
split-complementary
#EC9A66 #66ECDD #6675EC
monochromatic
#C05918 #E57630 #EC9A66 #F3BE9C #FAE2D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#EC9A66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.38
#EC9A66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9A66
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9A66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9A66 | 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)
#B1A262
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B466
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9a66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 154, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 52.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b892',
500: '#ec9a66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9a66; $custom-light: #f6b892; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9a66",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 154,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.284,
"s": 77.907,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75784,
"c": 0.11956,
"h": 52.4
},
"luminance": 0.41903
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9A66
secondary
#C1DCED
accent
#8ADA0B
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E