#EC9F4D#EC9F4D
#EC9F4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.134 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9F4D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 159, 77) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 81%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 67.4%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.67, 21.20, 53.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.67, 57.24, 68.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.36% 0.0565 0.121) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.36% 0.134 65) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.3332, 43.1692, 12.8067) |
| Luminance | 0.4316 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.64
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.84
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.03
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.26
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.64
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9F4D #4D9AEC
analogous
#EC504D #EC9F4D #EAEC4D
triadic
#EC9F4D #4DEC9F #9F4DEC
tetradic
#EC9F4D #4DEC50 #4D9AEC #EC4DEA
square
#EC9F4D #4DEC50 #4D9AEC #EC4DEA
split-complementary
#EC9F4D #4DEAEC #504DEC
monochromatic
#AC6212 #E48118 #EC9F4D #F2BD84 #F8DBBC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#EC9F4D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.63
#EC9F4D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9F4D
9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9F4D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9F4D | 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)
#B8A544
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB74E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9f4d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 77); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.134 65.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb82',
500: '#ec9f4d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9f4d; $custom-light: #f7bb82; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9f4d",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 159,
"b": 77
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.943,
"s": 80.711,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76359,
"c": 0.13351,
"h": 65
},
"luminance": 0.43165
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9F4D
secondary
#ADC9E8
accent
#6FDD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C