#EDC161#EDC161

#EDC161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.125 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC161
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, 4.96, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 53.62, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% 0.0113 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.125 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1554, 57.0108, 19.3534)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC161 #618DED

analogous

#ED7B61 #EDC161 #D3ED61

triadic

#EDC161 #61EDC1 #C161ED

tetradic

#EDC161 #61ED7B #618DED #ED61D3

square

#EDC161 #61ED7B #618DED #ED61D3

split-complementary

#EDC161 #61D3ED #7B61ED

monochromatic

#BE8916 #E7AB2A #EDC161 #F3D798 #FAECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#EDC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC161

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC161	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.125 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d391',
    500: '#edc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc161;
$custom-light: #f6d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83106,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC161

secondary

#3660BD

accent

#4CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC161

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

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