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#ED8E50 Color

#ED8E50 is rgb(237, 142, 80) in RGB, hsl(24, 81%, 62%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 40%, 66%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Big Foot Feet (#E88E5A), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 6.09. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#ED8E50
HEX#ED8E50
RGBrgb(237, 142, 80)
HSLhsl(24, 81%, 62%)
HSVhsv(24, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 40%, 66%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(73.5% 0.139 52)
LABlab(68.55% 33.19 48.36)
LCHlch(68.55% 58.65 55.54)

What #ED8E50 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #ED8E50, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Big Foot Feet#E88E5AΔE 6.09Atomic Tangerine#FF9966ΔE 7.34Tiger's Eye#E08D3CΔE 8.85Royal Orange#F99245ΔE 8.89Sandy Brown#F4A460ΔE 9.58Bronze#CD7F32ΔE 11.13

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every orange in the library.

#ED8E50 Channel Values

How #ED8E50 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 237 · G 142 · B 808-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 24° · S 81% · L 62%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 24° · S 66% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 40% · Y 66% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.45:1 vs white · 8.59:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #ED8E50 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.45:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text8.59:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #ED8E50 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #ED8E50

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #ED8E50; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#ED8E50
Complementary
#50AEED
Analogous
#ED505F
Analogous
#EDDD50
Triadic
#50ED8E
Triadic
#8E50ED
Split comp.
#50EDDD
Split comp.
#505FED

Tints & Shades of #ED8E50

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#EF9D67
#F1AC7E
#F4BB95
#F7CDB1
#F9DBC8
#FCEADF

Shades

#E9772B
#D06016
#AB4F12
#863E0E
#612D0A
#371A06

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #ED8E50.

How #ED8E50 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#ED8E50
Protanopia#A4A44F
Protanomaly#C59B4F
Deuteranopia#B5B548
Deuteranomaly#CEA74B
Tritanopia#F08888
Tritanomaly#EF8A76
Achromatopsia#A6A6A6

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #ED8E50 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-ed8e50: #ED8E50;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #ED8E50;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-ed8e50': '#ED8E50' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.929, green: 0.557, blue: 0.314)
Android XML<color name="color_ed8e50">#ED8E50</color>
SVG fillfill="#ED8E50"

More Orange Colors

#ED8E50 sits in the orange family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

8b7d6bfff9f5967969fff9f0987456fff8f0987654fff8eb9b7653fff7ed9c8b6efff7ebc8ad7fdba875e3dac9eba675f1ddcff8dcd3fcf5eeff681fff9933ffb83dffd68affe7d1

#ED8E50 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #ED8E50?

#ED8E50 is a light orange — rgb(237, 142, 80) in RGB and hsl(24, 81%, 62%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Big Foot Feet (#E88E5A), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 6.09.

What is the RGB value of #ED8E50?

#ED8E50 is rgb(237, 142, 80) — red 237, green 142, and blue 80 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #ED8E50?

#ED8E50 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 40%, 66%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #ED8E50 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #ED8E50 scores 2.45:1 against white and 8.59:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #ED8E50 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #ED8E50 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is sandybrown (#F4A460) at a CIE76 distance of 9.58, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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