#EC9E5B#EC9E5B

#EC9E5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.125 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E5B
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 91)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 22.60, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 51.50, 63.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0626 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.125 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7105, 43.0461, 15.6388)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E5B #5BA9EC

analogous

#EC5B61 #EC9E5B #ECE65B

triadic

#EC9E5B #5BEC9E #9E5BEC

tetradic

#EC9E5B #61EC5B #5BA9EC #E65BEC

square

#EC9E5B #61EC5B #5BA9EC #E65BEC

split-complementary

#EC9E5B #5BECE6 #5B61EC

monochromatic

#B76015 #E67E24 #EC9E5B #F2BE92 #F9DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#EC9E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#EC9E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E5B

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E5B	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)

#B6A555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.125 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8b',
    500: '#ec9e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e5b;
$custom-light: #f6bb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.724,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76342,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E5B

secondary

#B8D3EB

accent

#7BDC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E5B

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

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