#ED9B4E#ED9B4E
#ED9B4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9B4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 155, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 82%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 67%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 67.1%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.87, 23.79, 51.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.87, 57.04, 65.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.77% 0.0642 0.1183) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.77% 0.135 61.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0251, 42.0017, 12.7841) |
| Luminance | 0.4200 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.89
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.76
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.43
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.52
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9B4E #4EA0ED
analogous
#ED4E51 #ED9B4E #EDEB4E
triadic
#ED9B4E #4EED9B #9B4EED
tetradic
#ED9B4E #51ED4E #4EA0ED #EB4EED
square
#ED9B4E #51ED4E #4EA0ED #EB4EED
split-complementary
#ED9B4E #4EEDEB #4E51ED
monochromatic
#AF5E12 #E67C17 #ED9B4E #F3BA86 #F8DABD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#ED9B4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.40
#ED9B4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9B4E
9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9B4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9B4E | 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)
#B4A246
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B54F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF898A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9b4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 155, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 61.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8b882',
500: '#ed9b4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9b4e; $custom-light: #f8b882; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9b4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 155,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.057,
"s": 81.538,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75768,
"c": 0.13459,
"h": 61.5
},
"luminance": 0.41997
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9B4E
secondary
#AECCE9
accent
#76DE08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C