#EC9D68#EC9D68

#EC9D68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D68
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 104)
HSL	hsl(24, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(24, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 55.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 24.08, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 46.30, 58.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0689 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.117 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1508, 42.9504, 18.7957)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D68 #68B7EC

analogous

#EC6875 #EC9D68 #ECDF68

triadic

#EC9D68 #68EC9D #9D68EC

tetradic

#EC9D68 #75EC68 #68B7EC #DF68EC

square

#EC9D68 #75EC68 #68B7EC #DF68EC

split-complementary

#EC9D68 #68ECDF #6875EC

monochromatic

#C15C18 #E57A32 #EC9D68 #F3C09E #FAE4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9D68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#EC9D68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D68

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D68	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ba94',
    500: '#ec9d68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d68;
$custom-light: #f6ba94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.091,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D68

secondary

#C3DCED

accent

#87DA0C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D68

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

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