#EC9B5E#EC9B5E

#EC9B5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B5E
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 94)
HSL	hsl(26, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 24.40, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 50.29, 60.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0684 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.124 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3370, 42.0880, 16.1656)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B5E #5EAFEC

analogous

#EC5E68 #EC9B5E #ECE25E

triadic

#EC9B5E #5EEC9B #9B5EEC

tetradic

#EC9B5E #68EC5E #5EAFEC #E25EEC

square

#EC9B5E #68EC5E #5EAFEC #E25EEC

split-complementary

#EC9B5E #5EECE2 #5E68EC

monochromatic

#BA5C16 #E67927 #EC9B5E #F2BD95 #F9DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#EC9B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B5E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B5E	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b88d',
    500: '#ec9b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b5e;
$custom-light: #f6b88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.775,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75846,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B5E

secondary

#BBD6EB

accent

#81DB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B5E

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

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