#EC9D57#EC9D57

#EC9D57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.128 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D57
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 22.87, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 53.11, 64.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0629 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.128 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3727, 42.6392, 14.6976)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D57 #57A6EC

analogous

#EC575B #EC9D57 #ECE757

triadic

#EC9D57 #57EC9D #9D57EC

tetradic

#EC9D57 #5BEC57 #57A6EC #E757EC

square

#EC9D57 #5BEC57 #57A6EC #E757EC

split-complementary

#EC9D57 #57ECE7 #575BEC

monochromatic

#B45F14 #E67D20 #EC9D57 #F2BD8E #F8DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#EC9D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D57

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D57	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.128 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba88',
    500: '#ec9d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d57;
$custom-light: #f7ba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.188,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76113,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D57

secondary

#B5D1EA

accent

#79DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D57

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

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