#EC9D5A#EC9D5A

#EC9D5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D5A
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 90)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 23.06, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 51.89, 63.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0639 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.126 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4978, 42.6892, 15.3565)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D5A #5AA9EC

analogous

#EC5A60 #EC9D5A #ECE65A

triadic

#EC9D5A #5AEC9D #9D5AEC

tetradic

#EC9D5A #60EC5A #5AA9EC #E65AEC

square

#EC9D5A #60EC5A #5AA9EC #E65AEC

split-complementary

#EC9D5A #5AECE6 #5A60EC

monochromatic

#B75F15 #E67C23 #EC9D5A #F2BE91 #F9DEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9D5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#EC9D5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D5A

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D5A	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ba8a',
    500: '#ec9d5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d5a;
$custom-light: #f6ba8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.534,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7615,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D5A

secondary

#B7D3EB

accent

#7BDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D5A

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

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