#EC9F5B#EC9F5B

#EC9F5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.125 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F5B
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 91)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 22.07, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 51.51, 64.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0611 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.125 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8818, 43.3887, 15.6959)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F5B #5BA8EC

analogous

#EC5B60 #EC9F5B #ECE85B

triadic

#EC9F5B #5BEC9F #9F5BEC

tetradic

#EC9F5B #60EC5B #5BA8EC #E85BEC

square

#EC9F5B #60EC5B #5BA8EC #E85BEC

split-complementary

#EC9F5B #5BECE8 #5B60EC

monochromatic

#B76115 #E67F24 #EC9F5B #F2BF92 #F9DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EC9F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#EC9F5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F5B

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F5B	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.125 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8b',
    500: '#ec9f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f5b;
$custom-light: #f6bb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.138,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76522,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F5B

secondary

#B8D3EB

accent

#79DC0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F5B

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

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