#EC9B61#EC9B61

#EC9B61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.122 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B61
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 97)
HSL	hsl(25, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(25, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 24.61, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 49.10, 59.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0695 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.122 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4743, 42.1429, 16.8884)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B61 #61B2EC

analogous

#EC616C #EC9B61 #ECE061

triadic

#EC9B61 #61EC9B #9B61EC

tetradic

#EC9B61 #6CEC61 #61B2EC #E061EC

square

#EC9B61 #6CEC61 #61B2EC #E061EC

split-complementary

#EC9B61 #61ECE0 #616CEC

monochromatic

#BC5C17 #E5782A #EC9B61 #F3BE98 #F9E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#EC9B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B61

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B61	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.122 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b88f',
    500: '#ec9b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b61;
$custom-light: #f6b88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.036,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B61

secondary

#BDD8EC

accent

#84DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B61

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

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