#EDC261#EDC261

#EDC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.125 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC261
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, 4.44, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 53.86, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% 0.0098 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.125 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3772, 57.4545, 19.4273)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC261 #618CED

analogous

#ED7C61 #EDC261 #D2ED61

triadic

#EDC261 #61EDC2 #C261ED

tetradic

#EDC261 #61ED7C #618CED #ED61D2

square

#EDC261 #61ED7C #618CED #ED61D2

split-complementary

#EDC261 #61D2ED #7C61ED

monochromatic

#BE8A16 #E7AD2A #EDC261 #F3D798 #FAECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#EDC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC261

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC261	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.125 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d491',
    500: '#edc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc261;
$custom-light: #f6d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83302,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC261

secondary

#365FBD

accent

#4ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC261

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

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