#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
RGBrgb(237, 178, 85)
HSLhsl(37, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(37, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.9%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.38, 12.03, 54.67)
CIE-LCHlch(76.38, 55.98, 77.59°)
OKLaboklab(80.08% 0.0304 0.1254)
OKLCHoklch(80.08% 0.129 76.4)
XYZxyz(52.4883, 50.5050, 15.5765)
Luminance0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##EDB2551.001.8911.1011.10
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1021.001.001.00
##00000011.1021.001.001.00

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

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#EDB255 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva