#EC9D59#EC9D59

#EC9D59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D59
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 23.00, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 52.30, 63.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0635 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.126 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4555, 42.6723, 15.1339)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D59 #59A8EC

analogous

#EC595E #EC9D59 #ECE659

triadic

#EC9D59 #59EC9D #9D59EC

tetradic

#EC9D59 #5EEC59 #59A8EC #E659EC

square

#EC9D59 #5EEC59 #59A8EC #E659EC

split-complementary

#EC9D59 #59ECE6 #595EEC

monochromatic

#B65F15 #E67D22 #EC9D59 #F2BD90 #F9DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#EC9D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D59

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D59	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)

#B5A453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba8a',
    500: '#ec9d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d59;
$custom-light: #f7ba8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.755,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76137,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D59

secondary

#B6D2EA

accent

#7BDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D59

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

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