#EC9C5A#EC9C5A

#EC9C5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C5A
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 90)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 23.59, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 51.89, 62.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0655 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.126 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3293, 42.3523, 15.3004)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C5A #5AAAEC

analogous

#EC5A61 #EC9C5A #ECE55A

triadic

#EC9C5A #5AEC9C #9C5AEC

tetradic

#EC9C5A #61EC5A #5AAAEC #E55AEC

square

#EC9C5A #61EC5A #5AAAEC #E55AEC

split-complementary

#EC9C5A #5AECE5 #5A61EC

monochromatic

#B75E15 #E67B23 #EC9C5A #F2BD91 #F9DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#EC9C5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C5A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C5A	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)

#B4A354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7b98a',
    500: '#ec9c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c5a;
$custom-light: #f7b98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.123,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75971,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C5A

secondary

#B7D3EB

accent

#7DDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C5A

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

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