#EDB551#EDB551

#EDB551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.133 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB551
RGB	rgb(237, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, 10.21, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 58.16, 79.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0246 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.133 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.9373, 51.6501, 14.9643)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB551 #5189ED

analogous

#ED6751 #EDB551 #D7ED51

triadic

#EDB551 #51EDB5 #B551ED

tetradic

#EDB551 #51ED67 #5189ED #ED51D7

square

#EDB551 #51ED67 #5189ED #ED51D7

split-complementary

#EDB551 #51D7ED #6751ED

monochromatic

#B17812 #E79D1A #EDB551 #F3CD88 #F8E4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#EDB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#EDB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB551

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB551	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.133 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb86',
    500: '#edb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb551;
$custom-light: #f7cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80611,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB551

secondary

#315FB1

accent

#55DE08

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB551

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

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