#EC9C4D#EC9C4D

#EC9C4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C4D
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 77)
HSL	hsl(30, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 22.80, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 57.14, 66.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0612 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.134 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8236, 42.1500, 12.6368)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C4D #4D9DEC

analogous

#EC4D4E #EC9C4D #ECEB4D

triadic

#EC9C4D #4DEC9C #9C4DEC

tetradic

#EC9C4D #4EEC4D #4D9DEC #EB4DEC

square

#EC9C4D #4EEC4D #4D9DEC #EB4DEC

split-complementary

#EC9C4D #4DECEB #4D4EEC

monochromatic

#AC5F12 #E47D18 #EC9C4D #F2BB84 #F8DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9C4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#EC9C4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C4D

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C4D	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)

#B5A345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b982',
    500: '#ec9c4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c4d;
$custom-light: #f7b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.811,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75819,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C4D

secondary

#ADCBE8

accent

#73DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C4D

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

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