#ED8607

sRGB · 237 / 134 / 7

#ED8607 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 134 green and 7 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 33.1° lands in the orange region. Its 94.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 47.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 134, 7
HSL: 33.13°, 94.26%, 47.84%
HSV / HSB: 33.13°, 97.05%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 43.46%, 97.05%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.487, 35.073, 4.681
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 65.805, 32.675, 70.987
WCAG relative luminance: 0.35070
24-bit decimal: 15566343

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #ED8607 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 8.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.62:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#076EED sits half a turn (180°) from #ED8607 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#ED8607 #076EED

Analogous

#ED1307 and #E1ED07 sit 30° to either side of #ED8607. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#ED1307 #ED8607 #E1ED07

Triadic

#ED8607, #07ED86 and #8607ED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ED8607 #07ED86 #8607ED

Split complementary

Start at #ED8607 and look across the wheel. #07E1ED and #1307ED sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ED8607 #07E1ED #1307ED

Square

Starting with #ED8607, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #07ED13, #076EED, then #ED07E1. Across the square, #ED8607 pairs with #076EED, and #07ED13 with #ED07E1.

#ED8607 #07ED13 #076EED #ED07E1

Tetradic

#ED8607 and #076EED are opposites, as are #6EED07 and #8607ED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ED8607 #6EED07 #076EED #8607ED

Tints

Mixing #ED8607 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F19E39, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBE7CD, the mixture is 80% white.

#ED8607 #F19E39 #F4B66A #F8CF9C #FBE7CD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ED8607 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE6B06, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F1B01, the mixture is 80% black.

#ED8607 #BE6B06 #8E5004 #5F3603 #2F1B01 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ED8607 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7851F, keeps 80% of the original. By #968168, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ED8607 #D7851F #C18437 #AC8250 #968168 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#ED8607

RGB

rgb(237 134 7)

HSL

hsl(33.130 94.262% 47.843%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ED8607;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ED8607 uses 237 red, 134 green and 7 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 52.5%

Blue 2.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ED8607 is 0.0% cyan, 43.5% magenta, 97.0% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 43.5%

Yellow 97.0%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE8800. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E80 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ED8607 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF9900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EE8800 Nearest web-safe · #FF9900

Gradient to complement

#ED8607 #C7822D #A07E54 #7A7A7A #5476A0 #2D72C7 #076EED

Color vision previews

Compare how #ED8607 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#A69100

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BEA908

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FF6E72

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C49000

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CD9E00

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F08249

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A0A0A0

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#CB9475

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.84687 G 0.23840 B 0.00212

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.87500 G 0.54550 B 0.20178

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.73885 G 0.25860 B 0.03366

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.522 y 0.421 Y 35.073

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 7.059 M % 47.451 Y % 97.255

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101101 10000110 00000111