#EC9F5C#EC9F5C

#EC9F5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F5C
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 92)
HSL	hsl(28, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 22.14, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 51.10, 64.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0614 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.124 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9252, 43.4060, 15.9246)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F5C #5CA9EC

analogous

#EC5C61 #EC9F5C #ECE75C

triadic

#EC9F5C #5CEC9F #9F5CEC

tetradic

#EC9F5C #61EC5C #5CA9EC #E75CEC

square

#EC9F5C #61EC5C #5CA9EC #E75CEC

split-complementary

#EC9F5C #5CECE7 #5C61EC

monochromatic

#B86115 #E67F25 #EC9F5C #F2BF93 #F9E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EC9F5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#EC9F5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F5C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F5C	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)

#B7A656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8c',
    500: '#ec9f5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f5c;
$custom-light: #f6bb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.917,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76535,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F5C

secondary

#B9D4EB

accent

#7ADB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F5C

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

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