#ED9F59#ED9F59
#ED9F59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.127 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9F59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 159, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 62.4%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.91, 22.35, 47.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.91, 52.65, 64.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.61% 0.0615 0.1109) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.61% 0.127 61) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.1297, 43.5263, 15.2632) |
| Luminance | 0.4352 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.68
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.51
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.62
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.74
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.57
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9F59 #59A7ED
analogous
#ED595D #ED9F59 #EDE959
triadic
#ED9F59 #59ED9F #9F59ED
tetradic
#ED9F59 #5DED59 #59A7ED #E959ED
square
#ED9F59 #5DED59 #59A7ED #E959ED
split-complementary
#ED9F59 #59EDE9 #595DED
monochromatic
#B86114 #E77F22 #ED9F59 #F3BF90 #F9DFC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#ED9F59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.70
#ED9F59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9F59
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9F59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9F59 | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.70 | 9.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A652
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9f59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 159, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.127 61.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb8a',
500: '#ed9f59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9f59; $custom-light: #f7bb8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9f59",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 159,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.378,
"s": 80.435,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76612,
"c": 0.12678,
"h": 61
},
"luminance": 0.43522
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9F59
secondary
#B7D2EB
accent
#78DD09
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D