#EDB962#EDB962

#EDB962 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.121 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB962
RGB	rgb(237, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 9.22, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 51.47, 79.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% 0.0239 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.121 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4815, 53.5878, 19.0268)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB962 #6296ED

analogous

#ED7362 #EDB962 #DBED62

triadic

#EDB962 #62EDB9 #B962ED

tetradic

#EDB962 #62ED73 #6296ED #ED62DB

square

#EDB962 #62ED73 #6296ED #ED62DB

split-complementary

#EDB962 #62DBED #7362ED

monochromatic

#BF8016 #E7A12B #EDB962 #F3D199 #FAEAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EDB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#EDB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB962

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB962	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.121 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd91',
    500: '#edb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb962;
$custom-light: #f6cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81567,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB962

secondary

#3669BD

accent

#58DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB962

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

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