#EB9C50#EB9C50
#EB9C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EB9C50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 156, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 79%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 66%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 66%, 7.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.89, 22.55, 50.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.89, 55.62, 66.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.74% 0.061 0.1165) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.74% 0.131 62.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6008, 42.0226, 13.1921) |
| Luminance | 0.4202 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.90
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.75
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.91
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.30
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.72
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EB9C50 #509FEB
analogous
#EB5052 #EB9C50 #EBE950
triadic
#EB9C50 #50EB9C #9C50EB
tetradic
#EB9C50 #52EB50 #509FEB #E950EB
square
#EB9C50 #52EB50 #509FEB #E950EB
split-complementary
#EB9C50 #50EBE9 #5052EB
monochromatic
#AD5F14 #E47D1A #EB9C50 #F1BB87 #F8DABE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#EB9C50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.40
#EB9C50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EB9C50
9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EB9C50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EB9C50 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.40 | 9.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A348
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B551
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eb9c50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 156, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 62.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6b984',
500: '#eb9c50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eb9c50; $custom-light: #f6b984; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eb9c50",
"rgb": {
"r": 235,
"g": 156,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.419,
"s": 79.487,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75735,
"c": 0.13149,
"h": 62.4
},
"luminance": 0.42018
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EB9C50
secondary
#AFCCE8
accent
#75DC0A
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C