#EC9C6D#EC9C6D

#EC9C6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C6D
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 109)
HSL	hsl(22, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 25.02, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 44.43, 55.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0724 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.114 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2438, 42.7181, 20.1169)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C6D #6DBDEC

analogous

#EC6D7D #EC9C6D #ECDC6D

triadic

#EC9C6D #6DEC9C #9C6DEC

tetradic

#EC9C6D #7DEC6D #6DBDEC #DC6DEC

square

#EC9C6D #7DEC6D #6DBDEC #DC6DEC

split-complementary

#EC9C6D #6DECDC #6D7DEC

monochromatic

#C5591A #E57737 #EC9C6D #F3C1A3 #FAE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#EC9C6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C6D

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C6D	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b997',
    500: '#ec9c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c6d;
$custom-light: #f6b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.205,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76246,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C6D

secondary

#C7E0EE

accent

#8DD90C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C6D

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

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