#EC9B4D#EC9B4D
#EC9B4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.134 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9B4D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 155, 77) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 81%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 67.4%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.74, 23.32, 52.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.74, 57.12, 65.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.64% 0.0628 0.1188) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.64% 0.134 62.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6565, 41.8157, 12.5811) |
| Luminance | 0.4181 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.12
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.57
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.89
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.28
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.88
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9B4D #4D9EEC
analogous
#EC4D4F #EC9B4D #ECEB4D
triadic
#EC9B4D #4DEC9B #9B4DEC
tetradic
#EC9B4D #4FEC4D #4D9EEC #EB4DEC
square
#EC9B4D #4FEC4D #4D9EEC #EB4DEC
split-complementary
#EC9B4D #4DECEB #4D4FEC
monochromatic
#AC5E12 #E47C18 #EC9B4D #F2BA84 #F8D9BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#EC9B4D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.36
#EC9B4D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9B4D
9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9B4D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9B4D | 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)
#B4A245
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B44E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF898A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9b4d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 77); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 62.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b882',
500: '#ec9b4d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9b4d; $custom-light: #f7b882; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9b4d",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 155,
"b": 77
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.434,
"s": 80.711,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7564,
"c": 0.13436,
"h": 62.2
},
"luminance": 0.41811
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9B4D
secondary
#ADCBE8
accent
#75DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C