#EC9D53#EC9D53

#EC9D53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.130 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D53
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 83)
HSL	hsl(29, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 22.62, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 54.74, 65.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0615 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.13 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2138, 42.5756, 13.8606)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D53 #53A2EC

analogous

#EC5355 #EC9D53 #ECEA53

triadic

#EC9D53 #53EC9D #9D53EC

tetradic

#EC9D53 #55EC53 #53A2EC #EA53EC

square

#EC9D53 #55EC53 #53A2EC #EA53EC

split-complementary

#EC9D53 #53ECEA #5355EC

monochromatic

#B16014 #E67E1C #EC9D53 #F2BC8A #F8DCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EC9D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#EC9D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D53

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D53	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)

#B5A44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.130 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba86',
    500: '#ec9d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d53;
$custom-light: #f7ba86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.02,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D53

secondary

#B2CEE9

accent

#76DC09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D53

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

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