#EDB540#EDB540

#EDB540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.144 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB540
RGB	rgb(237, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 9.34, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 64.97, 81.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0199 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.144 82)
XYZ	xyz(52.3777, 51.4263, 12.0171)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB540 #4078ED

analogous

#ED5F40 #EDB540 #CFED40

triadic

#EDB540 #40EDB5 #B540ED

tetradic

#EDB540 #40ED5F #4078ED #ED40CF

square

#EDB540 #40ED5F #4078ED #ED40CF

split-complementary

#EDB540 #40CFED #5F40ED

monochromatic

#A3730F #DB9B15 #EDB540 #F2CB78 #F8E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EDB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#EDB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB540

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB540	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.144 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ca7c',
    500: '#edb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb540;
$custom-light: #f8ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.578,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80462,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.51422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB540

secondary

#2C53A5

accent

#70F92F

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB540

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

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