#ED9C5E#ED9C5E
#ED9C5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9C5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 156, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 80%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 60.3%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.28, 24.27, 44.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.28, 50.62, 61.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.14% 0.068 0.1044) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.14% 0.125 56.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.8372, 42.5939, 16.2369) |
| Luminance | 0.4259 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.55
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.65
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.26
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.85
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.58
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9C5E #5EAFED
analogous
#ED5E68 #ED9C5E #EDE35E
triadic
#ED9C5E #5EED9C #9C5EED
tetradic
#ED9C5E #68ED5E #5EAFED #E35EED
square
#ED9C5E #68ED5E #5EAFED #E35EED
split-complementary
#ED9C5E #5EEDE3 #5E68ED
monochromatic
#BC5D15 #E77A27 #ED9C5E #F3BE95 #F9E0CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#ED9C5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.52
#ED9C5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9C5E
9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9C5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9C5E | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.52 | 9.52 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A458
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9c5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 156, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 56.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b98d',
500: '#ed9c5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9c5e; $custom-light: #f7b98d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9c5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 156,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.014,
"s": 79.888,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7614,
"c": 0.12455,
"h": 56.9
},
"luminance": 0.4259
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9C5E
secondary
#BBD7EC
accent
#81DC09
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D