#EC9E76#EC9E76

#EC9E76 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9E76
RGB	rgb(236, 158, 118)
HSL	hsl(20, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 50%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 24.74, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 41.00, 52.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0726 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.108 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0917, 43.5986, 22.9132)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9E76 #76C4EC

analogous

#EC7689 #EC9E76 #ECD976

triadic

#EC9E76 #76EC9E #9E76EC

tetradic

#EC9E76 #89EC76 #76C4EC #D976EC

square

#EC9E76 #89EC76 #76C4EC #D976EC

split-complementary

#EC9E76 #76ECD9 #7689EC

monochromatic

#CB581C #E57840 #EC9E76 #F3C4AC #FBEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#EC9E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#EC9E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9E76

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9E76	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 158, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bb9e',
    500: '#ec9e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9e76;
$custom-light: #f5bb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.339,
    "s": 75.641,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76752,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9E76

secondary

#CEE4F0

accent

#93D80E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18120E

muted

#86817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9E76

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

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