#EC9E66#EC9E66

#EC9E66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E66
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 102)
HSL	hsl(25, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(25, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 23.40, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 47.06, 60.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0666 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.118 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2203, 43.2500, 18.3236)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E66 #66B4EC

analogous

#EC6671 #EC9E66 #ECE166

triadic

#EC9E66 #66EC9E #9E66EC

tetradic

#EC9E66 #71EC66 #66B4EC #E166EC

square

#EC9E66 #71EC66 #66B4EC #E166EC

split-complementary

#EC9E66 #66ECE1 #6671EC

monochromatic

#C05E18 #E57B30 #EC9E66 #F3C19C #FAE3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#EC9E66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E66

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E66	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb93',
    500: '#ec9e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e66;
$custom-light: #f6bb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.075,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76494,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E66

secondary

#C1DAED

accent

#84DA0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E66

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

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