#EC9B49#EC9B49

#EC9B49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B49
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 23.11, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 58.72, 66.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0615 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.137 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5195, 41.7610, 11.8601)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B49 #499AEC

analogous

#EC4949 #EC9B49 #ECEC49

triadic

#EC9B49 #49EC9B #9B49EC

tetradic

#EC9B49 #49EC49 #499AEC #EC49EC

square

#EC9B49 #49EC49 #499AEC #EC49EC

split-complementary

#EC9B49 #49ECEC #4949EC

monochromatic

#A95E12 #E07D17 #EC9B49 #F2B980 #F8D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#EC9B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#EC9B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B49

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B49	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b87f',
    500: '#ec9b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b49;
$custom-light: #f7b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.184,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75599,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B49

secondary

#A9C8E7

accent

#72DD08

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B49

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

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