#EC9E5D#EC9E5D

#EC9E5D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.124 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E5D
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 93)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 22.74, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 50.68, 63.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0633 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.124 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7979, 43.0811, 16.0993)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E5D #5DABEC

analogous

#EC5D63 #EC9E5D #ECE65D

triadic

#EC9E5D #5DEC9E #9E5DEC

tetradic

#EC9E5D #63EC5D #5DABEC #E65DEC

square

#EC9E5D #63EC5D #5DABEC #E65DEC

split-complementary

#EC9E5D #5DECE6 #5D63EC

monochromatic

#B96016 #E67D26 #EC9E5D #F2BF94 #F9E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#EC9E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E5D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E5D	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.124 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8c',
    500: '#ec9e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e5d;
$custom-light: #f6bb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76368,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E5D

secondary

#BAD5EB

accent

#7CDB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E5D

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

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