#EC9C65#EC9C65

#EC9C65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C65
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 101)
HSL	hsl(24, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 24.38, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 47.50, 59.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0694 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.119 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8326, 42.5536, 17.9512)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C65 #65B5EC

analogous

#EC6571 #EC9C65 #ECDF65

triadic

#EC9C65 #65EC9C #9C65EC

tetradic

#EC9C65 #71EC65 #65B5EC #DF65EC

square

#EC9C65 #71EC65 #65B5EC #DF65EC

split-complementary

#EC9C65 #65ECDF #6571EC

monochromatic

#BF5C18 #E5792F #EC9C65 #F3BF9B #F9E2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#EC9C65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C65

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C65	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b992',
    500: '#ec9c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c65;
$custom-light: #f6b992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.444,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76123,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C65

secondary

#C0DBED

accent

#86DA0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C65

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

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