#ED9D56#ED9D56
#ED9D56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9D56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 157, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 81%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 63.7%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.42, 23.21, 48.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.42, 53.84, 64.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.22% 0.0637 0.1124) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.22% 0.129 60.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6651, 42.7947, 14.4995) |
| Luminance | 0.4279 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.01
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.10
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.67
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.17
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.20
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9D56 #56A6ED
analogous
#ED565A #ED9D56 #EDE956
triadic
#ED9D56 #56ED9D #9D56ED
tetradic
#ED9D56 #5AED56 #56A6ED #E956ED
square
#ED9D56 #5AED56 #56A6ED #E956ED
split-complementary
#ED9D56 #56EDE9 #565AED
monochromatic
#B55F13 #E77D1F #ED9D56 #F3BD8D #F9DDC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#ED9D56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.56
#ED9D56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9D56
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9D56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9D56 | 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)
#B5A44F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B657
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9d56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 157, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 60.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7ba88',
500: '#ed9d56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9d56; $custom-light: #f7ba88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9d56",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 157,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.212,
"s": 80.749,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76217,
"c": 0.12921,
"h": 60.5
},
"luminance": 0.4279
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9D56
secondary
#B4D1EA
accent
#79DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C