#EC9C50#EC9C50

#EC9C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C50
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 66.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 22.97, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 55.94, 65.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0621 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.132 62)
XYZ	xyz(47.9319, 42.1933, 13.2076)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C50 #50A0EC

analogous

#EC5052 #EC9C50 #ECEA50

triadic

#EC9C50 #50EC9C #9C50EC

tetradic

#EC9C50 #52EC50 #50A0EC #EA50EC

square

#EC9C50 #52EC50 #50A0EC #EA50EC

split-complementary

#EC9C50 #50ECEA #5052EC

monochromatic

#AF5F13 #E67D19 #EC9C50 #F2BB87 #F8DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC9C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#EC9C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C50

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C50	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b984',
    500: '#ec9c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c50;
$custom-light: #f7b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75852,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.42189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C50

secondary

#AFCDE9

accent

#75DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C50

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

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