#EC9E59#EC9E59

#EC9E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E59
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 22.47, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 52.31, 64.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0619 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.126 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6254, 43.0121, 15.1905)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E59 #59A7EC

analogous

#EC595D #EC9E59 #ECE759

triadic

#EC9E59 #59EC9E #9E59EC

tetradic

#EC9E59 #5DEC59 #59A7EC #E759EC

square

#EC9E59 #5DEC59 #59A7EC #E759EC

split-complementary

#EC9E59 #59ECE7 #595DEC

monochromatic

#B66015 #E67E22 #EC9E59 #F2BE90 #F9DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#EC9E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E59

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E59	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)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bb8a',
    500: '#ec9e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e59;
$custom-light: #f7bb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.163,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E59

secondary

#B6D2EA

accent

#79DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E59

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

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