#EC9C74#EC9C74

#EC9C74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9C74
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 116)
HSL	hsl(20, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 25.62, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 41.88, 52.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.075 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.11 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6358, 42.8748, 22.1811)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9C74 #74C4EC

analogous

#EC7488 #EC9C74 #ECD874

triadic

#EC9C74 #74EC9C #9C74EC

tetradic

#EC9C74 #88EC74 #74C4EC #D874EC

square

#EC9C74 #88EC74 #74C4EC #D874EC

split-complementary

#EC9C74 #74ECD8 #7488EC

monochromatic

#CA561C #E5763E #EC9C74 #F3C2AA #FBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#EC9C74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9C74

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9C74	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)

#B1A571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b99c',
    500: '#ec9c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9c74;
$custom-light: #f5b99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9C74

secondary

#CCE4EF

accent

#95D80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9C74

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

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