#EDC356#EDC356

#EDC356 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC356
RGB	rgb(237, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, 3.19, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 58.94, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% 0.0048 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.135 88)
XYZ	xyz(56.1228, 57.7100, 16.9854)
Luminance	0.5771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC356 #5680ED

analogous

#ED7756 #EDC356 #CCED56

triadic

#EDC356 #56EDC3 #C356ED

tetradic

#EDC356 #56ED77 #5680ED #ED56CC

square

#EDC356 #56ED77 #5680ED #ED56CC

split-complementary

#EDC356 #56CCED #7756ED

monochromatic

#B58813 #E7AF1F #EDC356 #F3D78D #F9EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#EDC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC356

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC356	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48a',
    500: '#edc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc356;
$custom-light: #f6d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.311,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8338,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.57707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC356

secondary

#3257B5

accent

#44DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC356

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

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