#EDB555#EDB555

#EDB555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.130 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB555
RGB	rgb(237, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 10.45, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 56.46, 79.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0258 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.13 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0917, 51.7119, 15.7776)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB555 #558DED

analogous

#ED6955 #EDB555 #D9ED55

triadic

#EDB555 #55EDB5 #B555ED

tetradic

#EDB555 #55ED69 #558DED #ED55D9

square

#EDB555 #55ED69 #558DED #ED55D9

split-complementary

#EDB555 #55D9ED #6955ED

monochromatic

#B47913 #E79D1E #EDB555 #F3CD8C #F9E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#EDB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#EDB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB555

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB555	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.130 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb88',
    500: '#edb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb555;
$custom-light: #f7cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80652,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB555

secondary

#3262B4

accent

#57DD08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB555

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

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