#EDB156#EDB156

#EDB156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.128 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB156
RGB	rgb(237, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 12.62, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 55.41, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% 0.0323 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.128 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3301, 50.1245, 15.7211)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB156 #5692ED

analogous

#ED6556 #EDB156 #DDED56

triadic

#EDB156 #56EDB1 #B156ED

tetradic

#EDB156 #56ED65 #5692ED #ED56DD

square

#EDB156 #56ED65 #5692ED #ED56DD

split-complementary

#EDB156 #56DDED #6556ED

monochromatic

#B57513 #E7971F #EDB156 #F3CB8D #F9E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EDB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#EDB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB156

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB156	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.128 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c889',
    500: '#edb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb156;
$custom-light: #f7c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79902,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB156

secondary

#3266B5

accent

#5DDD08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB156

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

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