#EC9C5D#EC9C5D

#EC9C5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.124 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C5D
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 93)
HSL	hsl(26, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 23.80, 44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 50.68, 61.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0665 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.124 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4596, 42.4044, 15.9865)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C5D #5DADEC

analogous

#EC5D65 #EC9C5D #ECE45D

triadic

#EC9C5D #5DEC9C #9C5DEC

tetradic

#EC9C5D #65EC5D #5DADEC #E45DEC

square

#EC9C5D #65EC5D #5DADEC #E45DEC

split-complementary

#EC9C5D #5DECE4 #5D65EC

monochromatic

#B95E16 #E67B26 #EC9C5D #F2BD94 #F9DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EC9C5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#EC9C5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C5D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C5D	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.124 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b98c',
    500: '#ec9c5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c5d;
$custom-light: #f6b98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.434,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C5D

secondary

#BAD5EB

accent

#7FDB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C5D

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

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