#ED9C56#ED9C56
#ED9C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9C56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 156, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 81%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 63.7%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.19, 23.74, 48.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.19, 53.84, 63.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.04% 0.0652 0.1119) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.04% 0.129 59.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4966, 42.4577, 14.4433) |
| Luminance | 0.4245 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.14
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.70
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.88
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.86
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.37
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9C56 #56A7ED
analogous
#ED565B #ED9C56 #EDE856
triadic
#ED9C56 #56ED9C #9C56ED
tetradic
#ED9C56 #5BED56 #56A7ED #E856ED
square
#ED9C56 #5BED56 #56A7ED #E856ED
split-complementary
#ED9C56 #56EDE8 #565BED
monochromatic
#B55E13 #E77C1F #ED9C56 #F3BC8D #F9DDC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#ED9C56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#ED9C56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9C56
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9C56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9C56 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.49 | 9.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A34F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B657
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9c56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 156, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 59.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b988',
500: '#ed9c56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9c56; $custom-light: #f7b988; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9c56",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 156,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.815,
"s": 80.749,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76038,
"c": 0.12949,
"h": 59.7
},
"luminance": 0.42453
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9C56
secondary
#B4D1EA
accent
#7ADD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C