#EC9D70#EC9D70

#EC9D70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.112 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D70
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 112)
HSL	hsl(22, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 24.74, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 43.25, 55.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0719 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.112 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5766, 43.1208, 21.0382)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D70 #70BFEC

analogous

#EC7081 #EC9D70 #ECDB70

triadic

#EC9D70 #70EC9D #9D70EC

tetradic

#EC9D70 #81EC70 #70BFEC #DB70EC

square

#EC9D70 #81EC70 #70BFEC #DB70EC

split-complementary

#EC9D70 #70ECDB #7081EC

monochromatic

#C7591A #E5783A #EC9D70 #F3C2A6 #FAE7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#EC9D70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D70

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D70	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.112 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ba99',
    500: '#ec9d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d70;
$custom-light: #f6ba99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.774,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76472,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D70

secondary

#C9E1EF

accent

#8FD90D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D70

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

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