#EC9F52#EC9F52

#EC9F52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F52
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 82)
HSL	hsl(30, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 21.50, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 55.20, 67.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.058 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.13 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5166, 43.2426, 13.7725)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F52 #529FEC

analogous

#EC5252 #EC9F52 #ECEC52

triadic

#EC9F52 #52EC9F #9F52EC

tetradic

#EC9F52 #52EC52 #529FEC #EC52EC

square

#EC9F52 #52EC52 #529FEC #EC52EC

split-complementary

#EC9F52 #52ECEC #5252EC

monochromatic

#B06213 #E6801B #EC9F52 #F2BE89 #F8DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EC9F52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#EC9F52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F52

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F52	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bb85',
    500: '#ec9f52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f52;
$custom-light: #f7bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76414,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F52

secondary

#B1CDE9

accent

#73DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F52

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

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