#EC9F51#EC9F51

#EC9F51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F51
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 81)
HSL	hsl(30, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, 21.44, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 55.61, 67.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0577 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.131 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4788, 43.2275, 13.5735)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F51 #519EEC

analogous

#EC5251 #EC9F51 #EBEC51

triadic

#EC9F51 #51EC9F #9F51EC

tetradic

#EC9F51 #51EC52 #519EEC #EC51EB

square

#EC9F51 #51EC52 #519EEC #EC51EB

split-complementary

#EC9F51 #51EBEC #5251EC

monochromatic

#AF6213 #E6811A #EC9F51 #F2BD88 #F8DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#EC9F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F51

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F51	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bb85',
    500: '#ec9f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f51;
$custom-light: #f7bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.194,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76402,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F51

secondary

#B0CCE9

accent

#72DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F51

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

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