#EDB557#EDB557

#EDB557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.128 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB557
RGB	rgb(237, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, 10.58, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 55.60, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0264 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.128 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1723, 51.7441, 16.2020)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB557 #578FED

analogous

#ED6A57 #EDB557 #DAED57

triadic

#EDB557 #57EDB5 #B557ED

tetradic

#EDB557 #57ED6A #578FED #ED57DA

square

#EDB557 #57ED6A #578FED #ED57DA

split-complementary

#EDB557 #57DAED #6A57ED

monochromatic

#B67914 #E79D20 #EDB557 #F3CD8E #F9E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#EDB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#EDB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB557

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB557	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.128 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb8a',
    500: '#edb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb557;
$custom-light: #f7cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80673,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB557

secondary

#3363B6

accent

#58DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB557

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

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