#EDB440#EDB440

#EDB440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.143 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EDB440
RGBrgb(237, 180, 64)
HSLhsl(40, 83%, 59%)
HSVhsv(40, 73%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.1%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.69, 9.86, 64.06)
CIE-LCHlch(76.69, 64.81, 81.25°)
OKLaboklab(80.27% 0.0215 0.1418)
OKLCHoklch(80.27% 0.143 81.4)
XYZxyz(52.1751, 51.0211, 11.9495)
Luminance0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EDB440 #4079ED
analogous
#ED5E40 #EDB440 #D0ED40
triadic
#EDB440 #40EDB4 #B440ED
tetradic
#EDB440 #40ED5E #4079ED #ED40D0
square
#EDB440 #40ED5E #4079ED #ED40D0
split-complementary
#EDB440 #40D0ED #5E40ED
monochromatic
#A3730F #DB9A15 #EDB440 #F2CA78 #F8E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#EDB440 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20
#EDB440 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB440
11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EDB440#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EDB4401.001.8711.2011.20
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2021.001.001.00
##00000011.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB52F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C345
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFA39D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #edb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.143 81.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ca7c',
    500: '#edb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #edb440;
$custom-light: #f8ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#edb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.231,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8027,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EDB440
secondary
#2C54A5
accent
#71F92F
background
#FFFDFB
surface
#FFF9F2
border
#D7D2CC
text
#18130A
muted
#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB440

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#EDB440 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva