#EC9B6C#EC9B6C
#EC9B6C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9B6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 155, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(22, 77%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(22, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 54.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.12, 25.46, 36.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.12, 44.86, 55.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.05% 0.0736 0.089) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.05% 0.115 50.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.0232, 42.3624, 19.7793) |
| Luminance | 0.4236 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 5.10
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.33
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.51
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.56
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.80
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9B6C #6CBDEC
analogous
#EC6C7D #EC9B6C #ECDB6C
triadic
#EC9B6C #6CEC9B #9B6CEC
tetradic
#EC9B6C #7DEC6C #6CBDEC #DB6CEC
square
#EC9B6C #7DEC6C #6CBDEC #DB6CEC
split-complementary
#EC9B6C #6CECDB #6C7DEC
monochromatic
#C45819 #E57636 #EC9B6C #F3C0A2 #FAE5D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#EC9B6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.47
#EC9B6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9B6C
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9B6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9B6C | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.47 | 9.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A368
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B56C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9b6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 50.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b997',
500: '#ec9b6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9b6c; $custom-light: #f6b997; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9b6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 155,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 22.031,
"s": 77.108,
"l": 67.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76053,
"c": 0.11549,
"h": 50.4
},
"luminance": 0.42358
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9B6C
secondary
#C6DFEE
accent
#8ED90C
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E