#ED9C69#ED9C69
#ED9C69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9C69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 156, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 79%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 56%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 55.7%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.42, 25.09, 38.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.42, 46.31, 57.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.3% 0.072 0.0932) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.3% 0.118 52.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.3664, 42.8056, 19.0242) |
| Luminance | 0.4280 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.45
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.71
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.86
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.14
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.69
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 5.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9C69 #69BAED
analogous
#ED6978 #ED9C69 #EDDE69
triadic
#ED9C69 #69ED9C #9C69ED
tetradic
#ED9C69 #78ED69 #69BAED #DE69ED
square
#ED9C69 #78ED69 #69BAED #DE69ED
split-complementary
#ED9C69 #69EDDE #6978ED
monochromatic
#C45A18 #E67832 #ED9C69 #F4C0A0 #FAE4D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#ED9C69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.56
#ED9C69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9C69
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9C69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9C69 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.56 | 9.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A465
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B669
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9c69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 156, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 52.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7b995',
500: '#ed9c69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9c69; $custom-light: #f7b995; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9c69",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 156,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.182,
"s": 78.571,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76299,
"c": 0.11778,
"h": 52.3
},
"luminance": 0.42801
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9C69
secondary
#C4DEEE
accent
#8ADB0B
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E