#EC9D63#EC9D63
#EC9D63 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9D63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 157, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 58%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 58.1%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.45, 23.70, 42.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.45, 48.27, 60.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.27% 0.0671 0.0997) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.27% 0.12 56.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9043, 42.8519, 17.4976) |
| Luminance | 0.4285 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.94
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.33
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.63
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.28
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.40
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9D63 #63B2EC
analogous
#EC636D #EC9D63 #ECE163
triadic
#EC9D63 #63EC9D #9D63EC
tetradic
#EC9D63 #6DEC63 #63B2EC #E163EC
square
#EC9D63 #6DEC63 #63B2EC #E163EC
split-complementary
#EC9D63 #63ECE1 #636DEC
monochromatic
#BE5E17 #E57B2C #EC9D63 #F3BF9A #F9E2D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#EC9D63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.57
#EC9D63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9D63
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9D63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9D63 | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.57 | 9.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 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)
#B4A45E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B663
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9d63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 56.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6ba90',
500: '#ec9d63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9d63; $custom-light: #f6ba90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9d63",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 157,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.401,
"s": 78.286,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76272,
"c": 0.12013,
"h": 56.1
},
"luminance": 0.42848
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9D63
secondary
#BFD9EC
accent
#83DB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807D