#EC9D62#EC9D62

#EC9D62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.121 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D62
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 98)
HSL	hsl(26, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 23.63, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 48.67, 60.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0667 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.121 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8568, 42.8328, 17.2473)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D62 #62B1EC

analogous

#EC626C #EC9D62 #ECE262

triadic

#EC9D62 #62EC9D #9D62EC

tetradic

#EC9D62 #6CEC62 #62B1EC #E262EC

square

#EC9D62 #6CEC62 #62B1EC #E262EC

split-complementary

#EC9D62 #62ECE2 #626CEC

monochromatic

#BD5E17 #E57B2B #EC9D62 #F3BF99 #F9E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9D62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#EC9D62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D62

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D62	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.121 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ba90',
    500: '#ec9d62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d62;
$custom-light: #f6ba90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.652,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76258,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D62

secondary

#BED8EC

accent

#82DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D62

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

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