#EC9D4F#EC9D4F

#EC9D4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.133 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D4F
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 79)
HSL	hsl(30, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 22.38, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 56.36, 66.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0602 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.133 63)
XYZ	xyz(48.0638, 42.5156, 13.0706)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D4F #4F9EEC

analogous

#EC4F50 #EC9D4F #ECEC4F

triadic

#EC9D4F #4FEC9D #9D4FEC

tetradic

#EC9D4F #50EC4F #4F9EEC #EC4FEC

square

#EC9D4F #50EC4F #4F9EEC #EC4FEC

split-complementary

#EC9D4F #4FECEC #4F50EC

monochromatic

#AE6013 #E57E19 #EC9D4F #F2BC86 #F8DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#EC9D4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D4F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D4F	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.133 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba83',
    500: '#ec9d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d4f;
$custom-light: #f7ba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.809,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7602,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.42511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D4F

secondary

#AECCE8

accent

#73DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D4F

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

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