#EDB250#EDB250

#EDB250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.133 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB250
RGB	rgb(237, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 11.73, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 58.10, 78.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0289 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.133 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2966, 50.4283, 14.5671)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB250 #508BED

analogous

#ED6450 #EDB250 #DAED50

triadic

#EDB250 #50EDB2 #B250ED

tetradic

#EDB250 #50ED64 #508BED #ED50DA

square

#EDB250 #50ED64 #508BED #ED50DA

split-complementary

#EDB250 #50DAED #6450ED

monochromatic

#B07512 #E79A19 #EDB250 #F3CA87 #F8E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EDB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#EDB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB250

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB250	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.133 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c885',
    500: '#edb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb250;
$custom-light: #f7c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.452,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80029,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB250

secondary

#3061B1

accent

#58DE08

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB250

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

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