#ED9856#ED9856

#ED9856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED9856
RGB	rgb(237, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 25.86, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 53.88, 61.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0716 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.131 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8364, 41.1373, 14.2233)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED9856 #56ABED

analogous

#ED565F #ED9856 #EDE356

triadic

#ED9856 #56ED98 #9856ED

tetradic

#ED9856 #5FED56 #56ABED #E356ED

square

#ED9856 #5FED56 #56ABED #E356ED

split-complementary

#ED9856 #56EDE3 #565FED

monochromatic

#B55A13 #E7761F #ED9856 #F3BA8D #F9DBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ED9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#ED9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ED9856

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED9856	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b688',
    500: '#ed9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed9856;
$custom-light: #f8b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.225,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75331,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED9856

secondary

#B4D3EA

accent

#80DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED9856

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

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