#EC9E63#EC9E63

#EC9E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.120 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E63
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 99)
HSL	hsl(26, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 23.17, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 48.25, 61.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% 0.0655 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.12 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0742, 43.1916, 17.5542)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E63 #63B1EC

analogous

#EC636C #EC9E63 #ECE263

triadic

#EC9E63 #63EC9E #9E63EC

tetradic

#EC9E63 #6CEC63 #63B1EC #E263EC

square

#EC9E63 #6CEC63 #63B1EC #E263EC

split-complementary

#EC9E63 #63ECE2 #636CEC

monochromatic

#BE5F17 #E57C2C #EC9E63 #F3C09A #F9E2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#EC9E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E63

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E63	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.120 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb91',
    500: '#ec9e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e63;
$custom-light: #f6bb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.839,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7645,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E63

secondary

#BFD9EC

accent

#81DB0B

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E63

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

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