#ED9F5E#ED9F5E
#ED9F5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.124 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED9F5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 159, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 80%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 60.3%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.97, 22.68, 45.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.97, 50.61, 63.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.68% 0.0632 0.1062) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.68% 0.124 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.3468, 43.6132, 16.4068) |
| Luminance | 0.4361 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.58
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.37
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.99
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.73
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.10
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED9F5E #5EACED
analogous
#ED5E64 #ED9F5E #EDE75E
triadic
#ED9F5E #5EED9F #9F5EED
tetradic
#ED9F5E #64ED5E #5EACED #E75EED
square
#ED9F5E #64ED5E #5EACED #E75EED
split-complementary
#ED9F5E #5EEDE7 #5E64ED
monochromatic
#BC6115 #E77E27 #ED9F5E #F3C095 #F9E1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#ED9F5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.72
#ED9F5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ED9F5E
9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED9F5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED9F5E | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.72 | 9.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A658
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed9f5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 159, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.124 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7bb8d',
500: '#ed9f5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed9f5e; $custom-light: #f7bb8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed9f5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 159,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.273,
"s": 79.888,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76676,
"c": 0.12356,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.43609
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED9F5E
secondary
#BBD6EC
accent
#7CDC09
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D