#EDB462#EDB462

#EDB462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.119 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB462
RGB	rgb(237, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 11.85, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 50.61, 76.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0316 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.12 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4538, 51.5326, 18.6843)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB462 #629BED

analogous

#ED6E62 #EDB462 #E0ED62

triadic

#EDB462 #62EDB4 #B462ED

tetradic

#EDB462 #62ED6E #629BED #ED62E0

square

#EDB462 #62ED6E #629BED #ED62E0

split-complementary

#EDB462 #62E0ED #6E62ED

monochromatic

#BF7916 #E79A2B #EDB462 #F3CE99 #FAE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EDB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#EDB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB462

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB462	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.119 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca91',
    500: '#edb462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb462;
$custom-light: #f6ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80611,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB462

secondary

#366DBD

accent

#60DC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB462

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →