#EDB461#EDB461

#EDB461 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.120 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB461
RGB	rgb(237, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 11.78, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 51.06, 76.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0313 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.12 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4069, 51.5138, 18.4372)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB461 #619AED

analogous

#ED6E61 #EDB461 #E0ED61

triadic

#EDB461 #61EDB4 #B461ED

tetradic

#EDB461 #61ED6E #619AED #ED61E0

square

#EDB461 #61ED6E #619AED #ED61E0

split-complementary

#EDB461 #61E0ED #6E61ED

monochromatic

#BE7916 #E79A2A #EDB461 #F3CE98 #FAE8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EDB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#EDB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB461

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB461	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.120 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca90',
    500: '#edb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb461;
$custom-light: #f6ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.571,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80599,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB461

secondary

#366DBD

accent

#5FDC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB461

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

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