#EC9F5F#EC9F5F
#EC9F5F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.122 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9F5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 159, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 59.7%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.87, 22.35, 44.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.87, 49.87, 63.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.57% 0.0624 0.1049) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.57% 0.122 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.0590, 43.4595, 16.6290) |
| Luminance | 0.4345 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.73
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.48
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.20
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.82
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.24
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9F5F #5FACEC
analogous
#EC5F66 #EC9F5F #ECE55F
triadic
#EC9F5F #5FEC9F #9F5FEC
tetradic
#EC9F5F #66EC5F #5FACEC #E55FEC
square
#EC9F5F #66EC5F #5FACEC #E55FEC
split-complementary
#EC9F5F #5FECE5 #5F66EC
monochromatic
#BA6116 #E67E28 #EC9F5F #F2C096 #F9E1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#EC9F5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#EC9F5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9F5F
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9F5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9F5F | 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)
#B6A659
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B760
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9f5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.122 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6bb8e',
500: '#ec9f5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9f5f; $custom-light: #f6bb8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9f5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 159,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.234,
"s": 78.771,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76574,
"c": 0.12204,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.43455
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9F5F
secondary
#BBD6EB
accent
#7CDB0A
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D