#EDB561#EDB561

#EDB561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB561
RGB	rgb(237, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 11.25, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 51.21, 77.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% 0.0297 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.121 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6095, 51.9190, 18.5047)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB561 #6199ED

analogous

#ED6F61 #EDB561 #DFED61

triadic

#EDB561 #61EDB5 #B561ED

tetradic

#EDB561 #61ED6F #6199ED #ED61DF

square

#EDB561 #61ED6F #6199ED #ED61DF

split-complementary

#EDB561 #61DFED #6F61ED

monochromatic

#BE7B16 #E79B2A #EDB561 #F3CF98 #FAE8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#EDB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#EDB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB561

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB561	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb90',
    500: '#edb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb561;
$custom-light: #f6cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80789,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB561

secondary

#366CBD

accent

#5EDC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB561

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

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