#EC9F5E#EC9F5E

#EC9F5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.123 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F5E
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 94)
HSL	hsl(27, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 22.28, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 50.28, 63.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0621 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.123 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0138, 43.4415, 16.3911)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F5E #5EABEC

analogous

#EC5E64 #EC9F5E #ECE65E

triadic

#EC9F5E #5EEC9F #9F5EEC

tetradic

#EC9F5E #64EC5E #5EABEC #E65EEC

square

#EC9F5E #64EC5E #5EABEC #E65EEC

split-complementary

#EC9F5E #5EECE6 #5E64EC

monochromatic

#BA6116 #E67E27 #EC9F5E #F2C095 #F9E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EC9F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#EC9F5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F5E

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F5E	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.123 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6bb8d',
    500: '#ec9f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f5e;
$custom-light: #f6bb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.465,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F5E

secondary

#BBD5EB

accent

#7CDB0A

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120C

muted

#86817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F5E

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

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