#EDB256#EDB256

#EDB256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.128 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB256
RGB	rgb(237, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 12.10, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 55.55, 77.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0308 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.128 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5283, 50.5210, 15.7872)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB256 #5691ED

analogous

#ED6656 #EDB256 #DDED56

triadic

#EDB256 #56EDB2 #B256ED

tetradic

#EDB256 #56ED66 #5691ED #ED56DD

square

#EDB256 #56ED66 #5691ED #ED56DD

split-complementary

#EDB256 #56DDED #6656ED

monochromatic

#B57613 #E7991F #EDB256 #F3CB8D #F9E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EDB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#EDB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB256

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB256	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.128 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c889',
    500: '#edb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb256;
$custom-light: #f7c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.556,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80091,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB256

secondary

#3265B5

accent

#5CDD08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB256

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

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