#ED9F56#ED9F56
#ED9F56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.129 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9F56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 159, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 81%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 63.7%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.88, 22.15, 49.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.88, 53.88, 65.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.58% 0.0605 0.1136) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.58% 0.129 62) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.0063, 43.4770, 14.6132) |
| Luminance | 0.4347 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.03
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.38
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.91
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.85
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.16
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9F56 #56A4ED
analogous
#ED5658 #ED9F56 #EDEB56
triadic
#ED9F56 #56ED9F #9F56ED
tetradic
#ED9F56 #58ED56 #56A4ED #EB56ED
square
#ED9F56 #58ED56 #56A4ED #EB56ED
split-complementary
#ED9F56 #56EDEB #5658ED
monochromatic
#B56213 #E7801F #ED9F56 #F3BE8D #F9DEC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#ED9F56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#ED9F56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9F56
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9F56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9F56 | 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)
#B7A64F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB757
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9f56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 159, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.129 62.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb88',
500: '#ed9f56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9f56; $custom-light: #f7bb88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9f56",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 159,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.007,
"s": 80.749,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76575,
"c": 0.12869,
"h": 62
},
"luminance": 0.43473
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9F56
secondary
#B4D0EA
accent
#76DD08
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C