#EC9D60#EC9D60
#EC9D60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.122 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9D60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 157, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 59%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 59.3%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.42, 23.48, 43.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.42, 49.47, 61.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.23% 0.066 0.1027) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.23% 0.122 57.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7636, 42.7955, 16.7562) |
| Luminance | 0.4279 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.44
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.04
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.88
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.43
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9D60 #60AFEC
analogous
#EC6069 #EC9D60 #ECE360
triadic
#EC9D60 #60EC9D #9D60EC
tetradic
#EC9D60 #69EC60 #60AFEC #E360EC
square
#EC9D60 #69EC60 #60AFEC #E360EC
split-complementary
#EC9D60 #60ECE3 #6069EC
monochromatic
#BB5E16 #E57B29 #EC9D60 #F3BF97 #F9E0CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#EC9D60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.56
#EC9D60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9D60
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9D60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9D60 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.56 | 9.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A45B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B660
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9d60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.122 57.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6ba8e',
500: '#ec9d60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9d60; $custom-light: #f6ba8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9d60",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 157,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.143,
"s": 78.652,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7623,
"c": 0.12203,
"h": 57.3
},
"luminance": 0.42791
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9D60
secondary
#BCD7EC
accent
#80DB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D