#EC9E5A#EC9E5A

#EC9E5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E5A
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 90)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 22.53, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 51.90, 64.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0623 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.126 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6677, 43.0290, 15.4131)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E5A #5AA8EC

analogous

#EC5A5F #EC9E5A #ECE75A

triadic

#EC9E5A #5AEC9E #9E5AEC

tetradic

#EC9E5A #5FEC5A #5AA8EC #E75AEC

square

#EC9E5A #5FEC5A #5AA8EC #E75AEC

split-complementary

#EC9E5A #5AECE7 #5A5FEC

monochromatic

#B76015 #E67E23 #EC9E5A #F2BE91 #F9DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#EC9E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E5A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E5A	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8a',
    500: '#ec9e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e5a;
$custom-light: #f6bb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.945,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76329,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E5A

secondary

#B7D3EB

accent

#7ADC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E5A

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

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