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#ec6521

a balanced, electric orange · warm · closest name: chocolate

RGB
236, 101, 33
HSL
20°, 84%, 53%
CMYK
0, 57, 86, 8
Luminance
0.2725

Every format

HEX#ec6521
RGBrgb(236, 101, 33)
HSLhsl(20, 84%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 57%, 86%, 8%)
LABlab(59.2 49.0 59.9)
LCHlch(59.2 77.4 50.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.667 0.183 43.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ec6521;
background-color: #ec6521;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ec6521] bg-[#ec6521]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ec6521;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.396, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ec6521")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ec6521 on white: 3.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ec6521 on black: 6.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green39.6%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta57.2%
Yellow86.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ec6521 text on a black background

contrast 6.45:1

Card sample

#ec6521 text on a white background

contrast 3.26:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ec6521;
Background color
Panel with #ec6521 background
background-color: #ec6521;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ec6521;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 101, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 101, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ec6521;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec6521, #ECEC21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ec6521

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ec6521 in the Color Lab