#EC9D6D#EC9D6D
#EC9D6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9D6D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 157, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 77%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 53.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.59, 24.49, 37.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.59, 44.37, 56.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.42% 0.0707 0.0893) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.42% 0.114 51.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4123, 43.0551, 20.1731) |
| Luminance | 0.4305 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.05
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.19
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.21
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 5.47
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.51
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 6.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9D6D #6DBCEC
analogous
#EC6D7C #EC9D6D #ECDC6D
triadic
#EC9D6D #6DEC9D #9D6DEC
tetradic
#EC9D6D #7CEC6D #6DBCEC #DC6DEC
square
#EC9D6D #7CEC6D #6DBCEC #DC6DEC
split-complementary
#EC9D6D #6DECDC #6D7CEC
monochromatic
#C55A1A #E57937 #EC9D6D #F3C1A3 #FAE6D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#EC9D6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.61
#EC9D6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9D6D
9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9D6D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9D6D | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.61 | 9.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A569
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B66D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9d6d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 51.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6ba97',
500: '#ec9d6d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9d6d; $custom-light: #f6ba97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9d6d",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 157,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 22.677,
"s": 76.97,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76423,
"c": 0.11389,
"h": 51.6
},
"luminance": 0.43051
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9D6D
secondary
#C7DFEE
accent
#8CD90C
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E