#EC9B72#EC9B72

#EC9B72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9B72
RGB	rgb(236, 155, 114)
HSL	hsl(20, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 25.97, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 42.68, 52.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0759 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.112 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3536, 42.4946, 21.5193)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9B72 #72C3EC

analogous

#EC7286 #EC9B72 #ECD872

triadic

#EC9B72 #72EC9B #9B72EC

tetradic

#EC9B72 #86EC72 #72C3EC #D872EC

square

#EC9B72 #86EC72 #72C3EC #D872EC

split-complementary

#EC9B72 #72ECD8 #7286EC

monochromatic

#C9551B #E5753C #EC9B72 #F3C1A8 #FBE7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#EC9B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9B72

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9B72	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 155, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b99b',
    500: '#ec9b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9b72;
$custom-light: #f6b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.164,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76153,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9B72

secondary

#CBE3EF

accent

#94D80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9B72

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

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