#EC9E6E#EC9E6E

#EC9E6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E6E
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 110)
HSL	hsl(23, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(23, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 24.04, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 43.94, 56.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0695 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.113 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6363, 43.4165, 20.5148)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E6E #6EBCEC

analogous

#EC6E7D #EC9E6E #ECDD6E

triadic

#EC9E6E #6EEC9E #9E6EEC

tetradic

#EC9E6E #7DEC6E #6EBCEC #DD6EEC

square

#EC9E6E #7DEC6E #6EBCEC #DD6EEC

split-complementary

#EC9E6E #6EECDD #6E7DEC

monochromatic

#C65B1A #E57A38 #EC9E6E #F3C2A4 #FAE6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EC9E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#EC9E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E6E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E6E	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb98',
    500: '#ec9e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e6e;
$custom-light: #f6bb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76617,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E6E

secondary

#C7E0EE

accent

#8BD90C

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E6E

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

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