#EDB240#EDB240

#EDB240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.143 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB240
RGB	rgb(237, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, 10.92, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 64.51, 80.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0245 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.143 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7743, 50.2194, 11.8159)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB240 #407BED

analogous

#ED5C40 #EDB240 #D1ED40

triadic

#EDB240 #40EDB2 #B240ED

tetradic

#EDB240 #40ED5C #407BED #ED40D1

square

#EDB240 #40ED5C #407BED #ED40D1

split-complementary

#EDB240 #40D1ED #5C40ED

monochromatic

#A3710F #DB9715 #EDB240 #F2C978 #F8DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EDB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#EDB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB240

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB240	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.143 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c87c',
    500: '#edb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb240;
$custom-light: #f8c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.538,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79888,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB240

secondary

#2C55A5

accent

#74F92F

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB240

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

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