#ED9A55#ED9A55
#ED9A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9A55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 154, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 81%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35%, 64.1%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.72, 24.74, 48.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.72, 54.24, 62.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.67% 0.0681 0.1116) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.67% 0.131 58.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.1238, 41.7760, 14.1217) |
| Luminance | 0.4177 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.04
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.58
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.32
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.33
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.83
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9A55 #55A8ED
analogous
#ED555C #ED9A55 #EDE655
triadic
#ED9A55 #55ED9A #9A55ED
tetradic
#ED9A55 #5CED55 #55A8ED #E655ED
square
#ED9A55 #5CED55 #55A8ED #E655ED
split-complementary
#ED9A55 #55EDE6 #555CED
monochromatic
#B45C13 #E7791E #ED9A55 #F3BB8C #F9DCC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#ED9A55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.35
#ED9A55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9A55
9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9A55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9A55 | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.35 | 9.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A24E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B455
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF888A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9a55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 154, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 58.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8b887',
500: '#ed9a55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9a55; $custom-light: #f8b887; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9a55",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 154,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.237,
"s": 80.851,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75671,
"c": 0.13075,
"h": 58.6
},
"luminance": 0.41772
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9A55
secondary
#B4D1EA
accent
#7DDD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C