#EDB955#EDB955

#EDB955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.131 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB955
RGB	rgb(237, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, 8.35, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 57.18, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% 0.0197 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.131 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9168, 53.3620, 16.0527)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB955 #5589ED

analogous

#ED6D55 #EDB955 #D5ED55

triadic

#EDB955 #55EDB9 #B955ED

tetradic

#EDB955 #55ED6D #5589ED #ED55D5

square

#EDB955 #55ED6D #5589ED #ED55D5

split-complementary

#EDB955 #55D5ED #6D55ED

monochromatic

#B47D13 #E7A21E #EDB955 #F3D08C #F9E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#EDB955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#EDB955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB955

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB955	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.131 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd89',
    500: '#edb955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb955;
$custom-light: #f7cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.474,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8142,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB955

secondary

#325FB4

accent

#51DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB955

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

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