#EC9C60#EC9C60
#EC9C60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9C60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 156, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 59%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 59.3%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.19, 24.01, 43.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.19, 49.48, 60.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.05% 0.0676 0.1021) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.05% 0.122 56.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5951, 42.4586, 16.7001) |
| Luminance | 0.4245 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.81
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.90
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.43
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.19
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.62
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9C60 #60B0EC
analogous
#EC606A #EC9C60 #ECE260
triadic
#EC9C60 #60EC9C #9C60EC
tetradic
#EC9C60 #6AEC60 #60B0EC #E260EC
square
#EC9C60 #6AEC60 #60B0EC #E260EC
split-complementary
#EC9C60 #60ECE2 #606AEC
monochromatic
#BB5D16 #E57A29 #EC9C60 #F3BE97 #F9E0CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#EC9C60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#EC9C60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9C60
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9C60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9C60 | 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)
#B4A45B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B560
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9c60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 56.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b98e',
500: '#ec9c60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9c60; $custom-light: #f6b98e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9c60",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 156,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.714,
"s": 78.652,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76051,
"c": 0.12239,
"h": 56.5
},
"luminance": 0.42454
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9C60
secondary
#BCD7EC
accent
#82DB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D