#ED9E65#ED9E65
#ED9E65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9E65 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 158, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 79%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 57.4%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.83, 23.72, 41.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.83, 47.80, 60.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.59% 0.0673 0.0986) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.59% 0.119 55.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5040, 43.4020, 18.0796) |
| Luminance | 0.4340 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.98
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.60
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.66
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.44
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9E65 #65B4ED
analogous
#ED6570 #ED9E65 #EDE265
triadic
#ED9E65 #65ED9E #9E65ED
tetradic
#ED9E65 #70ED65 #65B4ED #E265ED
square
#ED9E65 #70ED65 #65B4ED #E265ED
split-complementary
#ED9E65 #65EDE2 #6570ED
monochromatic
#C15E17 #E77B2E #ED9E65 #F3C19C #FAE3D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#ED9E65 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.68
#ED9E65 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9E65
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9E65 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9E65 | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.68 | 9.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A560
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B765
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9e65; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 158, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 55.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb92',
500: '#ed9e65',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9e65; $custom-light: #f7bb92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9e65",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 158,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.147,
"s": 79.07,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76594,
"c": 0.11941,
"h": 55.7
},
"luminance": 0.43398
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9E65
secondary
#C1DAED
accent
#84DB0A
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E