#EC9F79#EC9F79

#EC9F79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9F79
RGB	rgb(236, 159, 121)
HSL	hsl(20, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(20, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 24.48, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 39.86, 52.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0722 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.106 47)
XYZ	xyz(50.4441, 44.0136, 23.9241)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9F79 #79C6EC

analogous

#EC798D #EC9F79 #ECD879

triadic

#EC9F79 #79EC9F #9F79EC

tetradic

#EC9F79 #8DEC79 #79C6EC #D879EC

square

#EC9F79 #8DEC79 #79C6EC #D879EC

split-complementary

#EC9F79 #79ECD8 #798DEC

monochromatic

#CD571D #E47943 #EC9F79 #F4C5AF #FBECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#EC9F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#EC9F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9F79

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9F79	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE9195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 159, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bba0',
    500: '#ec9f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9f79;
$custom-light: #f5bba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.826,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.4401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9F79

secondary

#D0E6F0

accent

#95D70E

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9F79

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

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