#EDAE61#EDAE61

#EDAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.120 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDAE61
RGB	rgb(237, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 14.95, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 50.25, 72.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% 0.0406 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.12 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2218, 49.1435, 18.0421)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDAE61 #61A0ED

analogous

#ED6861 #EDAE61 #E6ED61

triadic

#EDAE61 #61EDAE #AE61ED

tetradic

#EDAE61 #61ED68 #61A0ED #ED61E6

square

#EDAE61 #61ED68 #61A0ED #ED61E6

split-complementary

#EDAE61 #61E6ED #6861ED

monochromatic

#BE7216 #E7922A #EDAE61 #F3CA98 #FAE6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EDAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#EDAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDAE61

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDAE61	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.120 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c690',
    500: '#edae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edae61;
$custom-light: #f6c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79467,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDAE61

secondary

#BDD3EC

accent

#68DC0A

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130D

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDAE61

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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