#EC9C51#EC9C51

#EC9C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C51
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 81)
HSL	hsl(29, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 23.03, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 55.53, 65.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0625 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.132 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9692, 42.2082, 13.4036)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C51 #51A1EC

analogous

#EC5154 #EC9C51 #ECE951

triadic

#EC9C51 #51EC9C #9C51EC

tetradic

#EC9C51 #54EC51 #51A1EC #E951EC

square

#EC9C51 #54EC51 #51A1EC #E951EC

split-complementary

#EC9C51 #51ECE9 #5154EC

monochromatic

#AF5F13 #E67D1A #EC9C51 #F2BB88 #F8DBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#EC9C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C51

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C51	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b984',
    500: '#ec9c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c51;
$custom-light: #f7b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.032,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75863,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C51

secondary

#B0CDE9

accent

#76DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C51

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

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