#EC9E58#EC9E58
#EC9E58 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9E58 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 158, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 63%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 62.7%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.55, 22.40, 47.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.55, 52.72, 64.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.3% 0.0616 0.1109) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.3% 0.127 60.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5837, 42.9954, 14.9708) |
| Luminance | 0.4299 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.92
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.48
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.73
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.01
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.55
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9E58 #58A6EC
analogous
#EC585C #EC9E58 #ECE858
triadic
#EC9E58 #58EC9E #9E58EC
tetradic
#EC9E58 #5CEC58 #58A6EC #E858EC
square
#EC9E58 #5CEC58 #58A6EC #E858EC
split-complementary
#EC9E58 #58ECE8 #585CEC
monochromatic
#B56015 #E67E21 #EC9E58 #F2BE8F #F9DEC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#EC9E58 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.60
#EC9E58 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9E58
9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9E58 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9E58 | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.60 | 9.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A551
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B659
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9e58; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 60.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7ba89',
500: '#ec9e58',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9e58; $custom-light: #f7ba89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9e58",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 158,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.378,
"s": 79.57,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76304,
"c": 0.12683,
"h": 60.9
},
"luminance": 0.42991
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9E58
secondary
#B6D1EA
accent
#78DC0A
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D