#EDC361#EDC361

#EDC361 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.126 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC361
RGB	rgb(237, 195, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, 3.92, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 54.10, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% 0.0083 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.126 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6006, 57.9011, 19.5017)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC361 #618BED

analogous

#ED7D61 #EDC361 #D1ED61

triadic

#EDC361 #61EDC3 #C361ED

tetradic

#EDC361 #61ED7D #618BED #ED61D1

square

#EDC361 #61ED7D #618BED #ED61D1

split-complementary

#EDC361 #61D1ED #7D61ED

monochromatic

#BE8B16 #E7AE2A #EDC361 #F3D898 #FAEDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#EDC361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC361

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC361	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 195, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.126 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d491',
    500: '#edc361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc361;
$custom-light: #f6d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83498,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC361

secondary

#365EBD

accent

#49DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC361

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

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