#EC9D4C#EC9D4C

#EC9D4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.134 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D4C
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 76)
HSL	hsl(30, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 22.21, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 57.57, 67.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0593 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.134 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9570, 42.4729, 12.5085)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D4C #4C9BEC

analogous

#EC4D4C #EC9D4C #EBEC4C

triadic

#EC9D4C #4CEC9D #9D4CEC

tetradic

#EC9D4C #4CEC4D #4C9BEC #EC4CEB

square

#EC9D4C #4CEC4D #4C9BEC #EC4CEB

split-complementary

#EC9D4C #4CEBEC #4D4CEC

monochromatic

#AB6012 #E37F18 #EC9D4C #F2BB83 #F8DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9D4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#EC9D4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D4C

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D4C	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)

#B6A343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.134 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba81',
    500: '#ec9d4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d4c;
$custom-light: #f7ba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.375,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D4C

secondary

#ACCAE8

accent

#71DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D4C

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

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