#EC9F60#EC9F60
#EC9F60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9F60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 159, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 59.3%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.88, 22.42, 44.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.88, 49.47, 63.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.59% 0.0628 0.1039) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.59% 0.121 58.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.1047, 43.4778, 16.8699) |
| Luminance | 0.4347 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.81
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.48
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.33
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.85
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.18
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9F60 #60ADEC
analogous
#EC6067 #EC9F60 #ECE560
triadic
#EC9F60 #60EC9F #9F60EC
tetradic
#EC9F60 #67EC60 #60ADEC #E560EC
square
#EC9F60 #67EC60 #60ADEC #E560EC
split-complementary
#EC9F60 #60ECE5 #6067EC
monochromatic
#BB6116 #E57E29 #EC9F60 #F3C097 #F9E1CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#EC9F60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#EC9F60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9F60
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9F60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9F60 | 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)
#B6A65A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9f60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 58.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6bb8f',
500: '#ec9f60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9f60; $custom-light: #f6bb8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9f60",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 159,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27,
"s": 78.652,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76588,
"c": 0.12139,
"h": 58.8
},
"luminance": 0.43474
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9F60
secondary
#BCD6EC
accent
#7DDB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D