#EDB340#EDB340

#EDB340 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB340
RGB	rgb(237, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 10.39, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 64.66, 80.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.023 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.143 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9739, 50.6188, 11.8825)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB340 #407AED

analogous

#ED5D40 #EDB340 #D1ED40

triadic

#EDB340 #40EDB3 #B340ED

tetradic

#EDB340 #40ED5D #407AED #ED40D1

square

#EDB340 #40ED5D #407AED #ED40D1

split-complementary

#EDB340 #40D1ED #5D40ED

monochromatic

#A3720F #DB9915 #EDB340 #F2C978 #F8E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EDB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#EDB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB340

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB340	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c97c',
    500: '#edb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb340;
$custom-light: #f8c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.884,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80079,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB340

secondary

#2C55A5

accent

#73F92F

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB340

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

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