#EC9F53#EC9F53
#EC9F53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9F53 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 159, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 80%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 65%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 64.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.73, 21.56, 50.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.73, 54.79, 66.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.43% 0.0584 0.1159) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.43% 0.13 63.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5549, 43.2579, 13.9743) |
| Luminance | 0.4325 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.55
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.44
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.72
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.15
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9F53 #53A0EC
analogous
#EC5353 #EC9F53 #ECEC53
triadic
#EC9F53 #53EC9F #9F53EC
tetradic
#EC9F53 #53EC53 #53A0EC #EC53EC
square
#EC9F53 #53EC53 #53A0EC #EC53EC
split-complementary
#EC9F53 #53ECEC #5353EC
monochromatic
#B16214 #E6801C #EC9F53 #F2BE8A #F8DDC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#EC9F53 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.65
#EC9F53 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9F53
9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9F53 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9F53 | 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)
#B7A54B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B754
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9f53; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 63.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb86',
500: '#ec9f53',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9f53; $custom-light: #f7bb86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9f53",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 159,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.804,
"s": 80.105,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76425,
"c": 0.12977,
"h": 63.3
},
"luminance": 0.43254
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9F53
secondary
#B2CEE9
accent
#73DC09
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C