#EC9E60#EC9E60

#EC9E60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.122 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E60
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 96)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, 22.95, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 49.46, 62.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0644 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.122 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9334, 43.1353, 16.8128)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E60 #60AEEC

analogous

#EC6068 #EC9E60 #ECE460

triadic

#EC9E60 #60EC9E #9E60EC

tetradic

#EC9E60 #68EC60 #60AEEC #E460EC

square

#EC9E60 #68EC60 #60AEEC #E460EC

split-complementary

#EC9E60 #60ECE4 #6068EC

monochromatic

#BB5F16 #E57D29 #EC9E60 #F3BF97 #F9E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#EC9E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E60

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E60	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.122 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8e',
    500: '#ec9e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e60;
$custom-light: #f6bb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.571,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76409,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E60

secondary

#BCD7EC

accent

#7FDB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E60

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

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