#EDC156#EDC156

#EDC156 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.134 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC156
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, 4.23, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 58.46, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% 0.0078 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.134 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6777, 56.8197, 16.8370)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC156 #5682ED

analogous

#ED7556 #EDC156 #CDED56

triadic

#EDC156 #56EDC1 #C156ED

tetradic

#EDC156 #56ED75 #5682ED #ED56CD

square

#EDC156 #56ED75 #5682ED #ED56CD

split-complementary

#EDC156 #56CDED #7556ED

monochromatic

#B58613 #E7AD1F #EDC156 #F3D58D #F9EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EDC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#EDC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC156

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC156	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38a',
    500: '#edc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc156;
$custom-light: #f6d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.517,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82987,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC156

secondary

#3258B5

accent

#46DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC156

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

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