#EC9E62#EC9E62

#EC9E62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.120 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E62
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 98)
HSL	hsl(26, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 23.09, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 48.66, 61.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0651 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.12 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0267, 43.1726, 17.3040)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E62 #62B0EC

analogous

#EC626B #EC9E62 #ECE362

triadic

#EC9E62 #62EC9E #9E62EC

tetradic

#EC9E62 #6BEC62 #62B0EC #E362EC

square

#EC9E62 #6BEC62 #62B0EC #E362EC

split-complementary

#EC9E62 #62ECE3 #626BEC

monochromatic

#BD5F17 #E57C2B #EC9E62 #F3C099 #F9E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#EC9E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E62

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E62	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)

#B5A55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.120 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb90',
    500: '#ec9e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e62;
$custom-light: #f6bb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.087,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76436,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E62

secondary

#BED8EC

accent

#80DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E62

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

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