#EC9C5E#EC9C5E

#EC9C5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.124 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C5E
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 94)
HSL	hsl(26, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 23.87, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 50.28, 61.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0669 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.124 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5042, 42.4222, 16.2213)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C5E #5EAEEC

analogous

#EC5E67 #EC9C5E #ECE35E

triadic

#EC9C5E #5EEC9C #9C5EEC

tetradic

#EC9C5E #67EC5E #5EAEEC #E35EEC

square

#EC9C5E #67EC5E #5EAEEC #E35EEC

split-complementary

#EC9C5E #5EECE3 #5E67EC

monochromatic

#BA5D16 #E67A27 #EC9C5E #F2BE95 #F9DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#EC9C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C5E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C5E	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#B4A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.124 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b98d',
    500: '#ec9c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c5e;
$custom-light: #f6b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.197,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76024,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C5E

secondary

#BBD6EB

accent

#80DB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C5E

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

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