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#ED9E50 Color

#ED9E50 is rgb(237, 158, 80) in RGB, hsl(30, 81%, 62%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 33%, 66%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Rajah (#FBAB60), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 5.12. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#ED9E50
HEX#ED9E50
RGBrgb(237, 158, 80)
HSLhsl(30, 81%, 62%)
HSVhsv(30, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33%, 66%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(76.3% 0.133 63)
LABlab(72.12% 25.16 52.21)
LCHlch(72.12% 57.96 64.27)

What #ED9E50 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 #ED9E50, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Rajah#FBAB60ΔE 5.12Sandy Brown#F4A460ΔE 5.41Tiger's Eye#E08D3CΔE 6.75Indian Yellow#E3A857ΔE 9.26Peru#CD853FΔE 10.65Sunray#E3AB57ΔE 10.69

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

#ED9E50 Channel Values

How #ED9E50 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 158 · B 808-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 30° · S 81% · L 62%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 30° · S 66% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 33% · Y 66% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.19:1 vs white · 9.61:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #ED9E50 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 text2.19:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text9.61:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #ED9E50 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #ED9E50

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #ED9E50; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#ED9E50
Complementary
#509EED
Analogous
#ED5050
Analogous
#EDED50
Triadic
#50ED9E
Triadic
#9E50ED
Split comp.
#50EDED
Split comp.
#5050ED

Tints & Shades of #ED9E50

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

#EFAB67
#F1B87E
#F4C495
#F7D4B1
#F9E0C8
#FCEDDF

Shades

#E98A2B
#D07316
#AB5E12
#864A0E
#61360A
#371F06

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #ED9E50.

How #ED9E50 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#ED9E50
Protanopia#AFAF4F
Protanomaly#CBA84F
Deuteranopia#BDBD49
Deuteranomaly#D2B14C
Tritanopia#F19797
Tritanomaly#EF9A80
Achromatopsia#AFAFAF

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #ED9E50 in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-ed9e50: #ED9E50;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #ED9E50;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-ed9e50': '#ED9E50' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.929, green: 0.620, blue: 0.314)
Android XML<color name="color_ed9e50">#ED9E50</color>
SVG fillfill="#ED9E50"

More Orange Colors

#ED9E50 sits in the orange family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

8b7d6bfff9f5967969fff9f0987456fff8f0987654fff8eb9b7653fff7ed9c8b6efff7ebc8ad7fdba875e3dac9eba675f1ddcff8dcd3fcf5eeff681fff9933ffb83dffd68affe7d1

#ED9E50 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #ED9E50?

#ED9E50 is a light orange — rgb(237, 158, 80) in RGB and hsl(30, 81%, 62%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Rajah (#FBAB60), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 5.12.

What is the RGB value of #ED9E50?

#ED9E50 is rgb(237, 158, 80) — red 237, green 158, and blue 80 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #ED9E50?

#ED9E50 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 33%, 66%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #ED9E50 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #ED9E50 scores 2.19:1 against white and 9.61:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #ED9E50 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #ED9E50 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 5.41, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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