#EC9F57#EC9F57

#EC9F57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.127 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F57
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, 21.81, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 53.15, 65.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0597 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.127 62)
XYZ	xyz(48.7138, 43.3215, 14.8113)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F57 #57A4EC

analogous

#EC5759 #EC9F57 #ECE957

triadic

#EC9F57 #57EC9F #9F57EC

tetradic

#EC9F57 #59EC57 #57A4EC #E957EC

square

#EC9F57 #59EC57 #57A4EC #E957EC

split-complementary

#EC9F57 #57ECE9 #5759EC

monochromatic

#B46214 #E68020 #EC9F57 #F2BE8E #F8DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EC9F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#EC9F57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F57

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F57	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.127 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7bb88',
    500: '#ec9f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f57;
$custom-light: #f7bb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.993,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76472,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.43317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F57

secondary

#B5D0EA

accent

#76DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F57

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

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