#EC9B57#EC9B57

#EC9B57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B57
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 23.93, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 53.10, 63.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.066 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.128 59)
XYZ	xyz(48.0371, 41.9680, 14.5857)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B57 #57A8EC

analogous

#EC575D #EC9B57 #ECE657

triadic

#EC9B57 #57EC9B #9B57EC

tetradic

#EC9B57 #5DEC57 #57A8EC #E657EC

square

#EC9B57 #5DEC57 #57A8EC #E657EC

split-complementary

#EC9B57 #57ECE6 #575DEC

monochromatic

#B45D14 #E67A20 #EC9B57 #F2BC8E #F8DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EC9B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#EC9B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B57

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B57	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b888',
    500: '#ec9b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b57;
$custom-light: #f7b888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.383,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.41964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B57

secondary

#B5D2EA

accent

#7CDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B57

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

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