#ED9C5B#ED9C5B
#ED9C5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9C5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 156, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 61.6%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.24, 24.07, 45.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.24, 51.82, 62.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.1% 0.067 0.1072) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.1% 0.126 58) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7052, 42.5411, 15.5416) |
| Luminance | 0.4254 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.23
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.52
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.41
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.41
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.43
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9C5B #5BACED
analogous
#ED5B63 #ED9C5B #EDE55B
triadic
#ED9C5B #5BED9C #9C5BED
tetradic
#ED9C5B #63ED5B #5BACED #E55BED
square
#ED9C5B #63ED5B #5BACED #E55BED
split-complementary
#ED9C5B #5BEDE5 #5B63ED
monochromatic
#B95E14 #E77B24 #ED9C5B #F3BD92 #F9DFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#ED9C5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#ED9C5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9C5B
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9C5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9C5B | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.51 | 9.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A455
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9c5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 156, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 58.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b98b',
500: '#ed9c5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9c5b; $custom-light: #f7b98b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9c5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 156,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.712,
"s": 80.22,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76101,
"c": 0.12641,
"h": 58
},
"luminance": 0.42537
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9C5B
secondary
#B9D5EB
accent
#7EDD09
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D