#ED9E63#ED9E63
#ED9E63 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9E63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 158, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 79%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 58%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 58.2%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.80, 23.57, 42.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.80, 48.60, 60.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.57% 0.0666 0.1006) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.57% 0.121 56.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4072, 43.3633, 17.5698) |
| Luminance | 0.4336 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.58
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.36
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.63
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.06
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.11
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9E63 #63B2ED
analogous
#ED636D #ED9E63 #EDE363
triadic
#ED9E63 #63ED9E #9E63ED
tetradic
#ED9E63 #6DED63 #63B2ED #E363ED
square
#ED9E63 #6DED63 #63B2ED #E363ED
split-complementary
#ED9E63 #63EDE3 #636DED
monochromatic
#C05F16 #E77C2C #ED9E63 #F3C09A #FAE2D1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#ED9E63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.67
#ED9E63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9E63
9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9E63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9E63 | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.67 | 9.67 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A55E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B763
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9e63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 158, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 56.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb91',
500: '#ed9e63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9e63; $custom-light: #f7bb91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9e63",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 158,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.652,
"s": 79.31,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76566,
"c": 0.12068,
"h": 56.5
},
"luminance": 0.43359
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9E63
secondary
#BFD9ED
accent
#82DC0A
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807D