#EC9C59#EC9C59

#EC9C59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C59
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 23.53, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 52.29, 63.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0651 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.127 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2870, 42.3353, 15.0777)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C59 #59A9EC

analogous

#EC595F #EC9C59 #ECE559

triadic

#EC9C59 #59EC9C #9C59EC

tetradic

#EC9C59 #5FEC59 #59A9EC #E559EC

square

#EC9C59 #5FEC59 #59A9EC #E559EC

split-complementary

#EC9C59 #59ECE5 #595FEC

monochromatic

#B65E15 #E67B22 #EC9C59 #F2BD90 #F9DDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#EC9C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C59

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C59	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b98a',
    500: '#ec9c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c59;
$custom-light: #f7b98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.347,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75959,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C59

secondary

#B6D3EA

accent

#7CDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C59

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

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