#EC9C5F#EC9C5F

#EC9C5F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C5F
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 95)
HSL	hsl(26, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 23.94, 43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 49.88, 61.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0672 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.123 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5493, 42.4403, 16.4591)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C5F #5FAFEC

analogous

#EC5F69 #EC9C5F #ECE25F

triadic

#EC9C5F #5FEC9C #9C5FEC

tetradic

#EC9C5F #69EC5F #5FAFEC #E25FEC

square

#EC9C5F #69EC5F #5FAFEC #E25FEC

split-complementary

#EC9C5F #5FECE2 #5F69EC

monochromatic

#BA5D16 #E67A28 #EC9C5F #F2BE96 #F9E0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#EC9C5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C5F

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C5F	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b98e',
    500: '#ec9c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c5f;
$custom-light: #f6b98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.957,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76038,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C5F

secondary

#BBD7EB

accent

#81DB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C5F

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

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