#EDB257#EDB257

#EDB257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.128 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB257
RGB	rgb(237, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 12.16, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 55.12, 77.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% 0.0311 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.128 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5689, 50.5372, 16.0009)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB257 #5792ED

analogous

#ED6757 #EDB257 #DDED57

triadic

#EDB257 #57EDB2 #B257ED

tetradic

#EDB257 #57ED67 #5792ED #ED57DD

square

#EDB257 #57ED67 #5792ED #ED57DD

split-complementary

#EDB257 #57DDED #6757ED

monochromatic

#B67614 #E79920 #EDB257 #F3CB8E #F9E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EDB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#EDB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB257

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB257	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.128 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c889',
    500: '#edb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb257;
$custom-light: #f7c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80102,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB257

secondary

#3366B6

accent

#5CDD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB257

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

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