#EC9C73#EC9C73

#EC9C73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C73
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 115)
HSL	hsl(20, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 25.53, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 42.23, 52.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0746 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.111 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5779, 42.8517, 21.8764)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C73 #73C3EC

analogous

#EC7387 #EC9C73 #ECD973

triadic

#EC9C73 #73EC9C #9C73EC

tetradic

#EC9C73 #87EC73 #73C3EC #D973EC

square

#EC9C73 #87EC73 #73C3EC #D973EC

split-complementary

#EC9C73 #73ECD9 #7387EC

monochromatic

#C9561B #E5763D #EC9C73 #F3C2A9 #FBE8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#EC9C73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C73

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C73	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#B2A570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b99c',
    500: '#ec9c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c73;
$custom-light: #f5b99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.331,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76346,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C73

secondary

#CCE3EF

accent

#93D80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C73

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

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