#EDB960#EDB960

#EDB960 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB960
RGB	rgb(237, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, 9.08, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 52.36, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0232 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.122 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3882, 53.5505, 18.5357)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB960 #6094ED

analogous

#ED7260 #EDB960 #DBED60

triadic

#EDB960 #60EDB9 #B960ED

tetradic

#EDB960 #60ED72 #6094ED #ED60DB

square

#EDB960 #60ED72 #6094ED #ED60DB

split-complementary

#EDB960 #60DBED #7260ED

monochromatic

#BD7F15 #E7A129 #EDB960 #F3D197 #F9E9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EDB960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#EDB960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB960

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB960	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd90',
    500: '#edb960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb960;
$custom-light: #f6cd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81543,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB960

secondary

#3567BC

accent

#57DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB960

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

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