#ED9C5A#ED9C5A
#ED9C5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.127 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9C5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 156, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 62%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.23, 24.00, 46.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.23, 52.23, 62.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.09% 0.0666 0.1082) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.09% 0.127 58.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6623, 42.5240, 15.3160) |
| Luminance | 0.4252 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.17
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.51
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.28
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.48
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.40
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 6.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9C5A #5AABED
analogous
#ED5A62 #ED9C5A #EDE65A
triadic
#ED9C5A #5AED9C #9C5AED
tetradic
#ED9C5A #62ED5A #5AABED #E65AED
square
#ED9C5A #62ED5A #5AABED #E65AED
split-complementary
#ED9C5A #5AEDE6 #5A62ED
monochromatic
#B85E14 #E77B23 #ED9C5A #F3BD91 #F9DEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#ED9C5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.50
#ED9C5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9C5A
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9C5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9C5A | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A354
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9c5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 156, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.127 58.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b98a',
500: '#ed9c5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9c5a; $custom-light: #f7b98a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9c5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 156,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.939,
"s": 80.328,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76088,
"c": 0.12704,
"h": 58.4
},
"luminance": 0.4252
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9C5A
secondary
#B8D4EB
accent
#7EDD09
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D