#EDB157#EDB157

#EDB157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.127 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB157
RGB	rgb(237, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, 12.69, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 54.98, 76.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0326 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.127 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3706, 50.1408, 15.9348)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB157 #5793ED

analogous

#ED6657 #EDB157 #DEED57

triadic

#EDB157 #57EDB1 #B157ED

tetradic

#EDB157 #57ED66 #5793ED #ED57DE

square

#EDB157 #57ED66 #5793ED #ED57DE

split-complementary

#EDB157 #57DEED #6657ED

monochromatic

#B67514 #E79720 #EDB157 #F3CB8E #F9E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EDB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#EDB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB157

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB157	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.127 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c889',
    500: '#edb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb157;
$custom-light: #f7c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79912,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB157

secondary

#3367B6

accent

#5EDD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB157

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

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