#EC9E4D#EC9E4D

#EC9E4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.134 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E4D
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 77)
HSL	hsl(31, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 21.73, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 57.20, 67.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.058 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.134 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1619, 42.8267, 12.7496)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E4D #4D9BEC

analogous

#EC4F4D #EC9E4D #EBEC4D

triadic

#EC9E4D #4DEC9E #9E4DEC

tetradic

#EC9E4D #4DEC4F #4D9BEC #EC4DEB

square

#EC9E4D #4DEC4F #4D9BEC #EC4DEB

split-complementary

#EC9E4D #4DEBEC #4F4DEC

monochromatic

#AC6112 #E48018 #EC9E4D #F2BC84 #F8DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC9E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EC9E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E4D

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E4D	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)

#B7A444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.134 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba82',
    500: '#ec9e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e4d;
$custom-light: #f7ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.566,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76178,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E4D

secondary

#ADCAE8

accent

#71DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E4D

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

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