#EC9F63#EC9F63
#EC9F63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EC9F63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 159, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 58%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 58.1%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.92, 22.64, 42.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.92, 48.25, 62.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.63% 0.0639 0.1009) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.63% 0.119 57.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.2455, 43.5341, 17.6113) |
| Luminance | 0.4353 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.21
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.59
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.79
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.04
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.05
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EC9F63 #63B0EC
analogous
#EC636B #EC9F63 #ECE363
triadic
#EC9F63 #63EC9F #9F63EC
tetradic
#EC9F63 #6BEC63 #63B0EC #E363EC
square
#EC9F63 #6BEC63 #63B0EC #E363EC
split-complementary
#EC9F63 #63ECE3 #636BEC
monochromatic
#BE6017 #E57D2C #EC9F63 #F3C19A #F9E2D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#EC9F63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.71
#EC9F63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EC9F63
9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EC9F63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EC9F63 | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.71 | 9.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A65E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B763
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8F91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ec9f63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 57.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6bb91',
500: '#ec9f63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ec9f63; $custom-light: #f6bb91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ec9f63",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 159,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.277,
"s": 78.286,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7663,
"c": 0.11943,
"h": 57.7
},
"luminance": 0.4353
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EC9F63
secondary
#BFD8EC
accent
#80DB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120D
muted
#86817D