#EC9D50#EC9D50

#EC9D50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D50
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(30, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 66.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 22.44, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 55.96, 66.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0606 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.132 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1004, 42.5303, 13.2638)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D50 #509FEC

analogous

#EC5051 #EC9D50 #ECEB50

triadic

#EC9D50 #50EC9D #9D50EC

tetradic

#EC9D50 #51EC50 #509FEC #EB50EC

square

#EC9D50 #51EC50 #509FEC #EB50EC

split-complementary

#EC9D50 #50ECEB #5051EC

monochromatic

#AF6013 #E67E19 #EC9D50 #F2BC87 #F8DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#EC9D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D50

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D50	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba84',
    500: '#ec9d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d50;
$custom-light: #f7ba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.615,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76031,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D50

secondary

#AFCCE9

accent

#74DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D50

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

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