#EC9E53#EC9E53

#EC9E53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E53
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(29, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 22.09, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 54.76, 66.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0599 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.13 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3836, 42.9154, 13.9172)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E53 #53A1EC

analogous

#EC5354 #EC9E53 #ECEB53

triadic

#EC9E53 #53EC9E #9E53EC

tetradic

#EC9E53 #54EC53 #53A1EC #EB53EC

square

#EC9E53 #54EC53 #53A1EC #EB53EC

split-complementary

#EC9E53 #53ECEB #5354EC

monochromatic

#B16114 #E67F1C #EC9E53 #F2BD8A #F8DCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#EC9E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E53

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E53	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba86',
    500: '#ec9e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e53;
$custom-light: #f7ba86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.412,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76245,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E53

secondary

#B2CEE9

accent

#75DC09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E53

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

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