#EC9D5D#EC9D5D

#EC9D5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.124 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D5D
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 93)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 23.27, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 50.68, 62.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0649 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.124 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6281, 42.7414, 16.0426)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D5D #5DACEC

analogous

#EC5D65 #EC9D5D #ECE55D

triadic

#EC9D5D #5DEC9D #9D5DEC

tetradic

#EC9D5D #65EC5D #5DACEC #E55DEC

square

#EC9D5D #65EC5D #5DACEC #E55DEC

split-complementary

#EC9D5D #5DECE5 #5D65EC

monochromatic

#B95F16 #E67C26 #EC9D5D #F2BE94 #F9DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#EC9D5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D5D

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D5D	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.124 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ba8c',
    500: '#ec9d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d5d;
$custom-light: #f6ba8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.853,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D5D

secondary

#BAD5EB

accent

#7EDB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D5D

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

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