#EC9D5C#EC9D5C

#EC9D5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.125 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D5C
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 92)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 23.20, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 51.08, 62.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0646 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.125 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5841, 42.7238, 15.8109)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D5C #5CABEC

analogous

#EC5C63 #EC9D5C #ECE55C

triadic

#EC9D5C #5CEC9D #9D5CEC

tetradic

#EC9D5C #63EC5C #5CABEC #E55CEC

square

#EC9D5C #63EC5C #5CABEC #E55CEC

split-complementary

#EC9D5C #5CECE5 #5C63EC

monochromatic

#B85F15 #E67C25 #EC9D5C #F2BE93 #F9DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#EC9D5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D5C

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D5C	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)

#B5A456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.125 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ba8c',
    500: '#ec9d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d5c;
$custom-light: #f6ba8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.083,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76176,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D5C

secondary

#B9D4EB

accent

#7DDB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D5C

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

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