#EC9E4B#EC9E4B

#EC9E4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.135 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E4B
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 75)
HSL	hsl(31, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 21.62, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 58.00, 68.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0574 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.135 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0924, 42.7989, 12.3834)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E4B #4B99EC

analogous

#EC4D4B #EC9E4B #E9EC4B

triadic

#EC9E4B #4BEC9E #9E4BEC

tetradic

#EC9E4B #4BEC4D #4B99EC #EC4BE9

square

#EC9E4B #4BEC4D #4B99EC #EC4BE9

split-complementary

#EC9E4B #4BE9EC #4D4BEC

monochromatic

#AB6112 #E28018 #EC9E4B #F2BC82 #F8DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EC9E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E4B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E4B	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.135 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba81',
    500: '#ec9e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e4b;
$custom-light: #f7ba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.932,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76158,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E4B

secondary

#ABC8E8

accent

#6FDD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E4B

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

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