#EDB255#EDB255

#EDB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.129 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB255
RGB	rgb(237, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 12.03, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 55.98, 77.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0304 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.129 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4883, 50.5050, 15.5765)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB255 #5590ED

analogous

#ED6655 #EDB255 #DCED55

triadic

#EDB255 #55EDB2 #B255ED

tetradic

#EDB255 #55ED66 #5590ED #ED55DC

square

#EDB255 #55ED66 #5590ED #ED55DC

split-complementary

#EDB255 #55DCED #6655ED

monochromatic

#B47613 #E7991E #EDB255 #F3CB8C #F9E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EDB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#EDB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB255

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB255	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.129 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c888',
    500: '#edb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb255;
$custom-light: #f7c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.711,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8008,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB255

secondary

#3265B4

accent

#5BDD08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB255

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

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