#EC9D4B#EC9D4B

#EC9D4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D4B
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 75)
HSL	hsl(31, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 22.15, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 57.97, 67.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.059 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.135 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9225, 42.4591, 12.3268)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D4B #4B9AEC

analogous

#EC4C4B #EC9D4B #EBEC4B

triadic

#EC9D4B #4BEC9D #9D4BEC

tetradic

#EC9D4B #4BEC4C #4B9AEC #EC4BEB

square

#EC9D4B #4BEC4C #4B9AEC #EC4BEB

split-complementary

#EC9D4B #4BEBEC #4C4BEC

monochromatic

#AB6012 #E27F18 #EC9D4B #F2BB82 #F8D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#EC9D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D4B

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D4B	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba81',
    500: '#ec9d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d4b;
$custom-light: #f7ba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.559,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D4B

secondary

#ABC9E8

accent

#71DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D4B

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

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