#EC9C5B#EC9C5B

#EC9C5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C5B
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 91)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 23.66, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 51.49, 62.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0658 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.126 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3721, 42.3694, 15.5260)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C5B #5BABEC

analogous

#EC5B63 #EC9C5B #ECE55B

triadic

#EC9C5B #5BEC9C #9C5BEC

tetradic

#EC9C5B #63EC5B #5BABEC #E55BEC

square

#EC9C5B #63EC5B #5BABEC #E55BEC

split-complementary

#EC9C5B #5BECE5 #5B63EC

monochromatic

#B75E15 #E67B24 #EC9C5B #F2BD92 #F9DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#EC9C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C5B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C5B	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)

#B4A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b98b',
    500: '#ec9c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c5b;
$custom-light: #f6b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.897,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C5B

secondary

#B8D4EB

accent

#7EDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C5B

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

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