#EC9C72#EC9C72

#EC9C72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C72
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 114)
HSL	hsl(21, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 25.44, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 42.59, 53.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0743 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.111 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5207, 42.8288, 21.5750)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C72 #72C2EC

analogous

#EC7285 #EC9C72 #ECD972

triadic

#EC9C72 #72EC9C #9C72EC

tetradic

#EC9C72 #85EC72 #72C2EC #D972EC

square

#EC9C72 #85EC72 #72C2EC #D972EC

split-complementary

#EC9C72 #72ECD9 #7285EC

monochromatic

#C9571B #E5763C #EC9C72 #F3C2A8 #FBE8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#EC9C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C72

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C72	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b99b',
    500: '#ec9c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c72;
$custom-light: #f5b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76329,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C72

secondary

#CBE3EF

accent

#92D80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C72

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

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