#ED9E68#ED9E68
#ED9E68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9E68 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 158, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 79%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 56%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 56.1%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.87, 23.95, 39.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.87, 46.62, 59.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.64% 0.0684 0.0956) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.64% 0.118 54.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.6537, 43.4619, 18.8679) |
| Luminance | 0.4346 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.64
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.06
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.76
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.82
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.94
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 6.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9E68 #68B7ED
analogous
#ED6875 #ED9E68 #EDE168
triadic
#ED9E68 #68ED9E #9E68ED
tetradic
#ED9E68 #75ED68 #68B7ED #E168ED
square
#ED9E68 #75ED68 #68B7ED #E168ED
split-complementary
#ED9E68 #68EDE1 #6875ED
monochromatic
#C35D17 #E67B31 #ED9E68 #F4C19F #FAE4D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#ED9E68 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#ED9E68 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9E68
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9E68 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9E68 | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.69 | 9.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A663
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B768
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9e68; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 158, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 54.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb94',
500: '#ed9e68',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9e68; $custom-light: #f7bb94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9e68",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 158,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.361,
"s": 78.698,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76639,
"c": 0.11752,
"h": 54.4
},
"luminance": 0.43458
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9E68
secondary
#C3DCEE
accent
#86DB0B
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E