#EDB249#EDB249

#EDB249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.137 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB249
RGB	rgb(237, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 69.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 11.35, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 60.98, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% 0.0269 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.137 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0513, 50.3302, 13.2753)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB249 #4984ED

analogous

#ED6049 #EDB249 #D6ED49

triadic

#EDB249 #49EDB2 #B249ED

tetradic

#EDB249 #49ED60 #4984ED #ED49D6

square

#EDB249 #49ED60 #4984ED #ED49D6

split-complementary

#EDB249 #49D6ED #6049ED

monochromatic

#AB7311 #E29916 #EDB249 #F3CA81 #F8E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EDB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#EDB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB249

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB249	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.137 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c881',
    500: '#edb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb249;
$custom-light: #f7c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.415,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB249

secondary

#2E5CAC

accent

#55DE07

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB249

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

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