#EC9C69#EC9C69

#EC9C69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C69
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 105)
HSL	hsl(23, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(23, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 24.69, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 45.95, 57.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0709 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.117 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0334, 42.6339, 19.0086)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C69 #69B9EC

analogous

#EC6978 #EC9C69 #ECDE69

triadic

#EC9C69 #69EC9C #9C69EC

tetradic

#EC9C69 #78EC69 #69B9EC #DE69EC

square

#EC9C69 #78EC69 #69B9EC #DE69EC

split-complementary

#EC9C69 #69ECDE #6978EC

monochromatic

#C25B19 #E57833 #EC9C69 #F3C09F #FAE4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#EC9C69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C69

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C69	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b995',
    500: '#ec9c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c69;
$custom-light: #f6b995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.359,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76183,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C69

secondary

#C3DDED

accent

#8ADA0C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C69

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

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