#EDB559#EDB559

#EDB559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB559
RGB	rgb(237, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 10.71, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 54.73, 78.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% 0.0271 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.127 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2551, 51.7773, 16.6383)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB559 #5991ED

analogous

#ED6B59 #EDB559 #DBED59

triadic

#EDB559 #59EDB5 #B559ED

tetradic

#EDB559 #59ED6B #5991ED #ED59DB

square

#EDB559 #59ED6B #5991ED #ED59DB

split-complementary

#EDB559 #59DBED #6B59ED

monochromatic

#B87A14 #E79C22 #EDB559 #F3CE90 #F9E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#EDB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#EDB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB559

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB559	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)

#CBB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb8b',
    500: '#edb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb559;
$custom-light: #f7cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80695,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB559

secondary

#3365B7

accent

#59DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB559

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

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