#EC9F4B#EC9F4B
#EC9F4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.135 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9F4B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 159, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 81%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 68%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 68.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.65, 21.09, 54.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.65, 58.04, 68.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.34% 0.0559 0.1226) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.34% 0.135 65.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.2637, 43.1414, 12.4405) |
| Luminance | 0.4314 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.85
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.97
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.00
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.36
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.55
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9F4B #4B98EC
analogous
#EC4E4B #EC9F4B #E9EC4B
triadic
#EC9F4B #4BEC9F #9F4BEC
tetradic
#EC9F4B #4BEC4E #4B98EC #EC4BE9
square
#EC9F4B #4BEC4E #4B98EC #EC4BE9
split-complementary
#EC9F4B #4BE9EC #4E4BEC
monochromatic
#AB6212 #E28118 #EC9F4B #F2BD82 #F8DABA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#EC9F4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.63
#EC9F4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9F4B
9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9F4B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9F4B | 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)
#B8A542
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB74C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9f4b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.135 65.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb81',
500: '#ec9f4b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9f4b; $custom-light: #f7bb81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9f4b",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 159,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.304,
"s": 80.905,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76338,
"c": 0.13471,
"h": 65.5
},
"luminance": 0.43137
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9F4B
secondary
#ABC8E8
accent
#6EDD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C