#ED9B56#ED9B56
#ED9B56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9B56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 155, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 81%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 63.7%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.96, 24.27, 48.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.96, 53.84, 63.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.86% 0.0668 0.1113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.86% 0.13 59) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.3295, 42.1235, 14.3876) |
| Luminance | 0.4212 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.33
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.34
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.13
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.54
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.59
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9B56 #56A8ED
analogous
#ED565C #ED9B56 #EDE656
triadic
#ED9B56 #56ED9B #9B56ED
tetradic
#ED9B56 #5CED56 #56A8ED #E656ED
square
#ED9B56 #5CED56 #56A8ED #E656ED
split-complementary
#ED9B56 #56EDE6 #565CED
monochromatic
#B55D13 #E77A1F #ED9B56 #F3BC8D #F9DCC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#ED9B56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.42
#ED9B56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9B56
9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9B56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9B56 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.42 | 9.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A34F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B557
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9b56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 155, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 59.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b888',
500: '#ed9b56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9b56; $custom-light: #f7b888; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9b56",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 155,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.417,
"s": 80.749,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7586,
"c": 0.12981,
"h": 59
},
"luminance": 0.42119
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9B56
secondary
#B4D2EA
accent
#7CDD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C