#EC9B63#EC9B63
#EC9B63 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9B63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 155, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 58%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 58.1%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.00, 24.76, 41.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.00, 48.32, 59.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.92% 0.0702 0.0984) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.92% 0.121 54.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5687, 42.1806, 17.3857) |
| Luminance | 0.4218 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.32
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.75
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.37
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.49
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.51
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9B63 #63B4EC
analogous
#EC636F #EC9B63 #ECE063
triadic
#EC9B63 #63EC9B #9B63EC
tetradic
#EC9B63 #6FEC63 #63B4EC #E063EC
square
#EC9B63 #6FEC63 #63B4EC #E063EC
split-complementary
#EC9B63 #63ECE0 #636FEC
monochromatic
#BE5B17 #E5782C #EC9B63 #F3BE9A #F9E1D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#EC9B63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#EC9B63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9B63
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9B63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9B63 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A35E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B563
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9b63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 54.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b990',
500: '#ec9b63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9b63; $custom-light: #f6b990; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9b63",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 155,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.526,
"s": 78.286,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75916,
"c": 0.12092,
"h": 54.5
},
"luminance": 0.42176
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9B63
secondary
#BFDAEC
accent
#86DB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807D