#EDB959#EDB959

#EDB959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.128 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB959
RGB	rgb(237, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, 8.60, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 55.45, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% 0.0209 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.128 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0802, 53.4273, 16.9134)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB959 #598DED

analogous

#ED6F59 #EDB959 #D7ED59

triadic

#EDB959 #59EDB9 #B959ED

tetradic

#EDB959 #59ED6F #598DED #ED59D7

square

#EDB959 #59ED6F #598DED #ED59D7

split-complementary

#EDB959 #59D7ED #6F59ED

monochromatic

#B87E14 #E7A222 #EDB959 #F3D090 #F9E8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#EDB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#EDB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB959

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB959	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.128 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cd8b',
    500: '#edb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb959;
$custom-light: #f7cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81463,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB959

secondary

#3361B7

accent

#53DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB959

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

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