#EDB659#EDB659

#EDB659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB659
RGB	rgb(237, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, 10.18, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 54.90, 79.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0255 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.127 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4592, 52.1854, 16.7064)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB659 #5990ED

analogous

#ED6C59 #EDB659 #DAED59

triadic

#EDB659 #59EDB6 #B659ED

tetradic

#EDB659 #59ED6C #5990ED #ED59DA

square

#EDB659 #59ED6C #5990ED #ED59DA

split-complementary

#EDB659 #59DAED #6C59ED

monochromatic

#B87B14 #E79E22 #EDB659 #F3CE90 #F9E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#EDB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#EDB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB659

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB659	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cb8b',
    500: '#edb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb659;
$custom-light: #f7cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80887,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB659

secondary

#3364B7

accent

#58DD09

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB659

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

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