#EC9C4B#EC9C4B

#EC9C4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C4B
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 75)
HSL	hsl(30, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 22.68, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 57.94, 66.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0606 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.135 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7540, 42.1222, 12.2706)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C4B #4B9BEC

analogous

#EC4B4B #EC9C4B #ECEC4B

triadic

#EC9C4B #4BEC9C #9C4BEC

tetradic

#EC9C4B #4BEC4B #4B9BEC #EC4BEC

square

#EC9C4B #4BEC4B #4B9BEC #EC4BEC

split-complementary

#EC9C4B #4BECEC #4B4BEC

monochromatic

#AB5F12 #E27E18 #EC9C4B #F2BA82 #F8D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#EC9C4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C4B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C4B	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)

#B5A342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b981',
    500: '#ec9c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c4b;
$custom-light: #f7b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.186,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75798,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C4B

secondary

#ABC9E8

accent

#72DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C4B

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

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