#EC9E5C#EC9E5C

#EC9E5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.124 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E5C
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 92)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 22.67, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 51.09, 63.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.063 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.124 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7539, 43.0635, 15.8675)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E5C #5CAAEC

analogous

#EC5C62 #EC9E5C #ECE65C

triadic

#EC9E5C #5CEC9E #9E5CEC

tetradic

#EC9E5C #62EC5C #5CAAEC #E65CEC

square

#EC9E5C #62EC5C #5CAAEC #E65CEC

split-complementary

#EC9E5C #5CECE6 #5C62EC

monochromatic

#B86015 #E67D25 #EC9E5C #F2BF93 #F9DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#EC9E5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E5C

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E5C	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#B6A556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.124 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8c',
    500: '#ec9e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e5c;
$custom-light: #f6bb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E5C

secondary

#B9D4EB

accent

#7BDB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E5C

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

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