#EC9B59#EC9B59

#EC9B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B59
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 24.06, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 52.30, 62.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0667 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.127 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1199, 42.0011, 15.0220)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B59 #59AAEC

analogous

#EC5960 #EC9B59 #ECE459

triadic

#EC9B59 #59EC9B #9B59EC

tetradic

#EC9B59 #60EC59 #59AAEC #E459EC

square

#EC9B59 #60EC59 #59AAEC #E459EC

split-complementary

#EC9B59 #59ECE4 #5960EC

monochromatic

#B65D15 #E67A22 #EC9B59 #F2BC90 #F9DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EC9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B59

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B59	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b88a',
    500: '#ec9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b59;
$custom-light: #f7b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.939,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75781,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B59

secondary

#B6D3EA

accent

#7DDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B59

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

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