#EC9D61#EC9D61

#EC9D61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D61
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 23.55, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 49.07, 61.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0663 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.121 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8099, 42.8141, 17.0002)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D61 #61B0EC

analogous

#EC616B #EC9D61 #ECE261

triadic

#EC9D61 #61EC9D #9D61EC

tetradic

#EC9D61 #6BEC61 #61B0EC #E261EC

square

#EC9D61 #6BEC61 #61B0EC #E261EC

split-complementary

#EC9D61 #61ECE2 #616BEC

monochromatic

#BC5E17 #E57B2A #EC9D61 #F3BF98 #F9E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EC9D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D61

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D61	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)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ba8f',
    500: '#ec9d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d61;
$custom-light: #f6ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.899,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76243,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D61

secondary

#BDD8EC

accent

#81DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D61

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

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