#ED9E66#ED9E66
#ED9E66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9E66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 158, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 79%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 57%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.84, 23.80, 41.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.84, 47.41, 59.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.61% 0.0677 0.0976) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.61% 0.119 55.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5533, 43.4218, 18.3392) |
| Luminance | 0.4342 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.19
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.74
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.70
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.87
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.64
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9E66 #66B5ED
analogous
#ED6672 #ED9E66 #EDE266
triadic
#ED9E66 #66ED9E #9E66ED
tetradic
#ED9E66 #72ED66 #66B5ED #E266ED
square
#ED9E66 #72ED66 #66B5ED #E266ED
split-complementary
#ED9E66 #66EDE2 #6672ED
monochromatic
#C25E17 #E77B2F #ED9E66 #F3C19D #FAE3D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#ED9E66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.68
#ED9E66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9E66
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9E66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9E66 | 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)
#B5A661
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B766
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9e66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 158, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 55.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb93',
500: '#ed9e66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9e66; $custom-light: #f7bb93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9e66",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 158,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.889,
"s": 78.947,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76609,
"c": 0.11878,
"h": 55.3
},
"luminance": 0.43418
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9E66
secondary
#C2DBED
accent
#85DB0A
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E