#EC9E57#EC9E57

#EC9E57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E57
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 22.34, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 53.13, 65.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0613 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.127 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5425, 42.9789, 14.7542)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E57 #57A5EC

analogous

#EC575A #EC9E57 #ECE957

triadic

#EC9E57 #57EC9E #9E57EC

tetradic

#EC9E57 #5AEC57 #57A5EC #E957EC

square

#EC9E57 #5AEC57 #57A5EC #E957EC

split-complementary

#EC9E57 #57ECE9 #575AEC

monochromatic

#B46114 #E67E20 #EC9E57 #F2BE8E #F8DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#EC9E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E57

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E57	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ba88',
    500: '#ec9e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e57;
$custom-light: #f7ba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.591,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76292,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E57

secondary

#B5D1EA

accent

#78DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E57

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

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