#EC9E4E#EC9E4E

#EC9E4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.133 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E4E
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(30, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 21.79, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 56.79, 67.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0584 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.133 64)
XYZ	xyz(48.1975, 42.8409, 12.9370)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E4E #4E9CEC

analogous

#EC4F4E #EC9E4E #EBEC4E

triadic

#EC9E4E #4EEC9E #9E4EEC

tetradic

#EC9E4E #4EEC4F #4E9CEC #EC4EEB

square

#EC9E4E #4EEC4F #4E9CEC #EC4EEB

split-complementary

#EC9E4E #4EEBEC #4F4EEC

monochromatic

#AD6113 #E48019 #EC9E4E #F2BC85 #F8DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#EC9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E4E

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E4E	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.133 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba83',
    500: '#ec9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e4e;
$custom-light: #f7ba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.38,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.42837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E4E

secondary

#AECBE8

accent

#71DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E4E

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

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