#EC9F59#EC9F59

#EC9F59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.126 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F59
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 21.94, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 52.33, 65.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0604 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.126 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7967, 43.3546, 15.2476)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F59 #59A6EC

analogous

#EC595C #EC9F59 #ECE859

triadic

#EC9F59 #59EC9F #9F59EC

tetradic

#EC9F59 #5CEC59 #59A6EC #E859EC

square

#EC9F59 #5CEC59 #59A6EC #E859EC

split-complementary

#EC9F59 #59ECE8 #595CEC

monochromatic

#B66115 #E67F22 #EC9F59 #F2BF90 #F9DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EC9F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#EC9F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F59

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F59	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.126 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8a',
    500: '#ec9f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f59;
$custom-light: #f6bb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.571,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F59

secondary

#B6D2EA

accent

#78DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F59

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

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