#EC9D65#EC9D65

#EC9D65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D65
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 101)
HSL	hsl(25, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(25, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, 23.85, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 47.47, 59.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0678 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.119 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0011, 42.8906, 18.0074)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D65 #65B4EC

analogous

#EC6570 #EC9D65 #ECE165

triadic

#EC9D65 #65EC9D #9D65EC

tetradic

#EC9D65 #70EC65 #65B4EC #E165EC

square

#EC9D65 #70EC65 #65B4EC #E165EC

split-complementary

#EC9D65 #65ECE1 #6570EC

monochromatic

#BF5D18 #E57A2F #EC9D65 #F3C09B #F9E2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#EC9D65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D65

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D65	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ba92',
    500: '#ec9d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d65;
$custom-light: #f6ba92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.889,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76301,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D65

secondary

#C0DAED

accent

#84DA0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D65

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

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