#EC9D74#EC9D74

#EC9D74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9D74
RGB	rgb(236, 157, 116)
HSL	hsl(21, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 25.09, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 41.79, 53.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0734 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.11 48)
XYZ	xyz(49.8043, 43.2118, 22.2373)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9D74 #74C3EC

analogous

#EC7487 #EC9D74 #ECD974

triadic

#EC9D74 #74EC9D #9D74EC

tetradic

#EC9D74 #87EC74 #74C3EC #D974EC

square

#EC9D74 #87EC74 #74C3EC #D974EC

split-complementary

#EC9D74 #74ECD9 #7487EC

monochromatic

#CA571C #E5773E #EC9D74 #F3C3AA #FBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#EC9D74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9D74

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9D74	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 157, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ba9c',
    500: '#ec9d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9d74;
$custom-light: #f5ba9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7654,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.43208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9D74

secondary

#CCE3EF

accent

#93D80D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9D74

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

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