#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
RGB	rgb(237, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 9.86, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 64.81, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0215 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.143 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1751, 51.0211, 11.9495)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##EDB440	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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