#EDB656#EDB656

#EDB656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.129 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB656
RGB	rgb(237, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, 9.99, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 56.20, 79.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.0246 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.129 79)
XYZ	xyz(53.3358, 52.1360, 16.0564)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB656 #568DED

analogous

#ED6A56 #EDB656 #D8ED56

triadic

#EDB656 #56EDB6 #B656ED

tetradic

#EDB656 #56ED6A #568DED #ED56D8

square

#EDB656 #56ED6A #568DED #ED56D8

split-complementary

#EDB656 #56D8ED #6A56ED

monochromatic

#B57A13 #E79E1F #EDB656 #F3CE8D #F9E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#EDB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#EDB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB656

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB656	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.129 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb89',
    500: '#edb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb656;
$custom-light: #f7cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80854,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.52132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB656

secondary

#3262B5

accent

#56DD08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB656

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

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