#EC9E61#EC9E61

#EC9E61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.121 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E61
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 23.02, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 49.06, 62.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0647 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.121 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9798, 43.1538, 17.0569)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E61 #61AFEC

analogous

#EC6169 #EC9E61 #ECE361

triadic

#EC9E61 #61EC9E #9E61EC

tetradic

#EC9E61 #69EC61 #61AFEC #E361EC

square

#EC9E61 #69EC61 #61AFEC #E361EC

split-complementary

#EC9E61 #61ECE3 #6169EC

monochromatic

#BC5F17 #E57C2A #EC9E61 #F3C098 #F9E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#EC9E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E61

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E61	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)

#B5A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.121 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8f',
    500: '#ec9e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e61;
$custom-light: #f6bb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.331,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76422,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E61

secondary

#BDD7EC

accent

#7FDB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E61

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

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