#EC9C70#EC9C70

#EC9C70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C70
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 112)
HSL	hsl(21, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 25.27, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 43.32, 54.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0735 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.113 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4081, 42.7838, 20.9820)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C70 #70C0EC

analogous

#EC7082 #EC9C70 #ECDA70

triadic

#EC9C70 #70EC9C #9C70EC

tetradic

#EC9C70 #82EC70 #70C0EC #DA70EC

square

#EC9C70 #82EC70 #70C0EC #DA70EC

split-complementary

#EC9C70 #70ECDA #7082EC

monochromatic

#C7581A #E5773A #EC9C70 #F3C1A6 #FAE7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EC9C70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C70

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C70	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b999',
    500: '#ec9c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c70;
$custom-light: #f6b999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76295,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C70

secondary

#C9E1EF

accent

#90D90D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C70

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

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