#ED9956#ED9956

#ED9956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED9956
RGB	rgb(237, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 25.33, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 53.86, 61.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.07 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.131 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9994, 41.4633, 14.2776)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED9956 #56AAED

analogous

#ED565E #ED9956 #EDE556

triadic

#ED9956 #56ED99 #9956ED

tetradic

#ED9956 #5EED56 #56AAED #E556ED

square

#ED9956 #5EED56 #56AAED #E556ED

split-complementary

#ED9956 #56EDE5 #565EED

monochromatic

#B55B13 #E7781F #ED9956 #F3BA8D #F9DCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ED9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#ED9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ED9956

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED9956	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b788',
    500: '#ed9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed9956;
$custom-light: #f8b788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.623,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75507,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED9956

secondary

#B4D2EA

accent

#7FDD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED9956

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

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