#EDB856#EDB856

#EDB856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.130 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB856
RGB	rgb(237, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 8.94, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 56.56, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% 0.0215 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.13 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7483, 52.9610, 16.1939)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB856 #568BED

analogous

#ED6C56 #EDB856 #D7ED56

triadic

#EDB856 #56EDB8 #B856ED

tetradic

#EDB856 #56ED6C #568BED #ED56D7

square

#EDB856 #56ED6C #568BED #ED56D7

split-complementary

#EDB856 #56D7ED #6C56ED

monochromatic

#B57C13 #E7A11F #EDB856 #F3CF8D #F9E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#EDB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#EDB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB856

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB856	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.130 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd89',
    500: '#edb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb856;
$custom-light: #f7cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.94,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81238,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB856

secondary

#3260B5

accent

#53DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB856

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

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