#EC9C66#EC9C66
#EC9C66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9C66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 156, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 56.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.26, 24.46, 40.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.26, 47.11, 58.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.14% 0.0697 0.096) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.14% 0.119 54) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.8819, 42.5733, 18.2108) |
| Luminance | 0.4257 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.81
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.95
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.66
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.23
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.73
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9C66 #66B6EC
analogous
#EC6673 #EC9C66 #ECDF66
triadic
#EC9C66 #66EC9C #9C66EC
tetradic
#EC9C66 #73EC66 #66B6EC #DF66EC
square
#EC9C66 #73EC66 #66B6EC #DF66EC
split-complementary
#EC9C66 #66ECDF #6673EC
monochromatic
#C05C18 #E57930 #EC9C66 #F3BF9C #FAE2D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#EC9C66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#EC9C66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9C66
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9C66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9C66 | 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)
#B3A461
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B566
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9c66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 54.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b992',
500: '#ec9c66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9c66; $custom-light: #f6b992; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9c66",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 156,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.179,
"s": 77.907,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76137,
"c": 0.11865,
"h": 54
},
"luminance": 0.42569
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9C66
secondary
#C1DBED
accent
#87DA0B
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E