#EC9B51#EC9B51

#EC9B51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B51
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 81)
HSL	hsl(29, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 23.56, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 55.52, 64.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.064 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.132 61)
XYZ	xyz(47.8021, 41.8740, 13.3479)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B51 #51A2EC

analogous

#EC5155 #EC9B51 #ECE851

triadic

#EC9B51 #51EC9B #9B51EC

tetradic

#EC9B51 #55EC51 #51A2EC #E851EC

square

#EC9B51 #55EC51 #51A2EC #E851EC

split-complementary

#EC9B51 #51ECE8 #5155EC

monochromatic

#AF5E13 #E67B1A #EC9B51 #F2BB88 #F8DABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EC9B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B51

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B51	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b884',
    500: '#ec9b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b51;
$custom-light: #f7b884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.645,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75684,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B51

secondary

#B0CEE9

accent

#78DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B51

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

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