#EDB261#EDB261

#EDB261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.120 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB261
RGB	rgb(237, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 12.83, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 50.76, 75.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% 0.0344 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.12 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0061, 50.7121, 18.3036)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB261 #619CED

analogous

#ED6C61 #EDB261 #E2ED61

triadic

#EDB261 #61EDB2 #B261ED

tetradic

#EDB261 #61ED6C #619CED #ED61E2

square

#EDB261 #61ED6C #619CED #ED61E2

split-complementary

#EDB261 #61E2ED #6C61ED

monochromatic

#BE7716 #E7972A #EDB261 #F3CD98 #FAE8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EDB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#EDB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB261

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB261	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.120 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6c890',
    500: '#edb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb261;
$custom-light: #f6c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.714,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8022,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB261

secondary

#366FBD

accent

#62DC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB261

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

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