#EDC165#EDC165

#EDC165 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.121 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC165
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, 5.25, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 51.81, 84.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% 0.0126 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.121 84)
XYZ	xyz(56.3467, 57.0873, 20.3605)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC165 #6591ED

analogous

#ED7D65 #EDC165 #D5ED65

triadic

#EDC165 #65EDC1 #C165ED

tetradic

#EDC165 #65ED7D #6591ED #ED65D5

square

#EDC165 #65ED7D #6591ED #ED65D5

split-complementary

#EDC165 #65D5ED #7D65ED

monochromatic

#C18A17 #E7AB2E #EDC165 #F3D79C #FAEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#EDC165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC165

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC165	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.121 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d393',
    500: '#edc165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc165;
$custom-light: #f6d393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83154,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.57084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC165

secondary

#3763BF

accent

#4EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC165

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

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