#EC9B4B#EC9B4B
#EC9B4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9B4B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 155, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 81%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 68%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 68.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.72, 23.21, 53.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.72, 57.92, 66.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.62% 0.0621 0.1204) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.62% 0.136 62.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5869, 41.7879, 12.2149) |
| Luminance | 0.4178 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.38
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.87
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.94
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.05
Tangerine (survey)
#FF9408
ΔE00 5.89
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9B4B #4B9CEC
analogous
#EC4B4B #EC9B4B #ECEC4B
triadic
#EC9B4B #4BEC9B #9B4BEC
tetradic
#EC9B4B #4BEC4B #4B9CEC #EC4BEC
square
#EC9B4B #4BEC4B #4B9CEC #EC4BEC
split-complementary
#EC9B4B #4BECEC #4B4BEC
monochromatic
#AB5E12 #E27C18 #EC9B4B #F2BA82 #F8D9BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#EC9B4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.36
#EC9B4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9B4B
9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9B4B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9B4B | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.36 | 9.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A242
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B44C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8989
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9b4b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 62.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b880',
500: '#ec9b4b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9b4b; $custom-light: #f7b880; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9b4b",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 155,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.814,
"s": 80.905,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75619,
"c": 0.13553,
"h": 62.7
},
"luminance": 0.41784
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9B4B
secondary
#ABCAE8
accent
#73DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C