#EDB159#EDB159

#EDB159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB159
RGB	rgb(237, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 12.81, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 54.11, 76.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0333 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.126 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4535, 50.1739, 16.3711)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB159 #5995ED

analogous

#ED6759 #EDB159 #DFED59

triadic

#EDB159 #59EDB1 #B159ED

tetradic

#EDB159 #59ED67 #5995ED #ED59DF

square

#EDB159 #59ED67 #5995ED #ED59DF

split-complementary

#EDB159 #59DFED #6759ED

monochromatic

#B87514 #E79722 #EDB159 #F3CB90 #F9E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EDB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#EDB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB159

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB159	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)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c88b',
    500: '#edb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb159;
$custom-light: #f7c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79935,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB159

secondary

#3369B7

accent

#5FDD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB159

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

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