#EDC265#EDC265

#EDC265 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.122 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC265
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, 4.73, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 52.05, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% 0.0111 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.122 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5685, 57.5310, 20.4344)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC265 #6590ED

analogous

#ED7E65 #EDC265 #D4ED65

triadic

#EDC265 #65EDC2 #C265ED

tetradic

#EDC265 #65ED7E #6590ED #ED65D4

square

#EDC265 #65ED7E #6590ED #ED65D4

split-complementary

#EDC265 #65D4ED #7E65ED

monochromatic

#C18B17 #E7AC2E #EDC265 #F3D89C #FAEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#EDC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC265

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC265	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.122 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d493',
    500: '#edc265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc265;
$custom-light: #f6d493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8335,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC265

secondary

#3762BF

accent

#4CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC265

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

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