#EC9B5A#EC9B5A

#EC9B5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B5A
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 90)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 24.12, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 51.89, 62.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.067 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.126 58)
XYZ	xyz(48.1622, 42.0180, 15.2447)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B5A #5AABEC

analogous

#EC5A62 #EC9B5A #ECE45A

triadic

#EC9B5A #5AEC9B #9B5AEC

tetradic

#EC9B5A #62EC5A #5AABEC #E45AEC

square

#EC9B5A #62EC5A #5AABEC #E45AEC

split-complementary

#EC9B5A #5AECE4 #5A62EC

monochromatic

#B75D15 #E67A23 #EC9B5A #F2BC91 #F9DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EC9B5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B5A

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B5A	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)

#B3A354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b88a',
    500: '#ec9b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b5a;
$custom-light: #f7b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.712,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.42014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B5A

secondary

#B7D4EB

accent

#7EDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B5A

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

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