#EC9C4F#EC9C4F

#EC9C4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C4F
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 79)
HSL	hsl(29, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 22.91, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 56.34, 66.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0618 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.133 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8953, 42.1786, 13.0145)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C4F #4F9FEC

analogous

#EC4F51 #EC9C4F #ECEB4F

triadic

#EC9C4F #4FEC9C #9C4FEC

tetradic

#EC9C4F #51EC4F #4F9FEC #EB4FEC

square

#EC9C4F #51EC4F #4F9FEC #EB4FEC

split-complementary

#EC9C4F #4FECEB #4F51EC

monochromatic

#AE5F13 #E57D19 #EC9C4F #F2BB86 #F8DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#EC9C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C4F

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C4F	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)

#B5A347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b983',
    500: '#ec9c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c4f;
$custom-light: #f7b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.427,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75841,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C4F

secondary

#AECCE8

accent

#75DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C4F

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

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