#EDB253#EDB253

#EDB253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.130 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB253
RGB	rgb(237, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 65%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 11.91, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 56.83, 77.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% 0.0298 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.13 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4100, 50.4737, 15.1640)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB253 #538EED

analogous

#ED6553 #EDB253 #DBED53

triadic

#EDB253 #53EDB2 #B253ED

tetradic

#EDB253 #53ED65 #538EED #ED53DB

square

#EDB253 #53ED65 #538EED #ED53DB

split-complementary

#EDB253 #53DBED #6553ED

monochromatic

#B37613 #E7991C #EDB253 #F3CB8A #F9E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EDB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#EDB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB253

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB253	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)

#C8B449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.130 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c887',
    500: '#edb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb253;
$custom-light: #f7c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.013,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80059,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB253

secondary

#3163B3

accent

#5ADD08

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB253

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

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