#ED9E60#ED9E60
#ED9E60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.123 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9E60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 158, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 80%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 59%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 59.5%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.76, 23.36, 43.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.76, 49.80, 62.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.52% 0.0655 0.1036) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.52% 0.123 57.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.2665, 43.3070, 16.8285) |
| Luminance | 0.4330 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.09
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.14
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.55
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.69
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.10
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9E60 #60AFED
analogous
#ED6068 #ED9E60 #EDE460
triadic
#ED9E60 #60ED9E #9E60ED
tetradic
#ED9E60 #68ED60 #60AFED #E460ED
square
#ED9E60 #68ED60 #60AFED #E460ED
split-complementary
#ED9E60 #60EDE4 #6068ED
monochromatic
#BD5F15 #E77C29 #ED9E60 #F3C097 #F9E1CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#ED9E60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.66
#ED9E60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9E60
9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9E60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9E60 | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.66 | 9.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A55A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B760
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9e60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 158, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.123 57.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb8e',
500: '#ed9e60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9e60; $custom-light: #f7bb8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9e60",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 158,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.383,
"s": 79.661,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76524,
"c": 0.1226,
"h": 57.7
},
"luminance": 0.43303
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9E60
secondary
#BDD7EC
accent
#7FDC0A
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D