#EC9C57#EC9C57

#EC9C57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.128 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C57
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 23.40, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 53.10, 63.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0644 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.128 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2042, 42.3022, 14.6414)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C57 #57A7EC

analogous

#EC575C #EC9C57 #ECE657

triadic

#EC9C57 #57EC9C #9C57EC

tetradic

#EC9C57 #5CEC57 #57A7EC #E657EC

square

#EC9C57 #5CEC57 #57A7EC #E657EC

split-complementary

#EC9C57 #57ECE6 #575CEC

monochromatic

#B45E14 #E67C20 #EC9C57 #F2BC8E #F8DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#EC9C57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C57

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C57	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.128 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b988',
    500: '#ec9c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c57;
$custom-light: #f7b988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.785,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75934,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C57

secondary

#B5D1EA

accent

#7BDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C57

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

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