#EDC461#EDC461

#EDC461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC461
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, 3.40, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 54.35, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% 0.0068 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.126 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8254, 58.3507, 19.5767)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC461 #618AED

analogous

#ED7E61 #EDC461 #D0ED61

triadic

#EDC461 #61EDC4 #C461ED

tetradic

#EDC461 #61ED7E #618AED #ED61D0

square

#EDC461 #61ED7E #618AED #ED61D0

split-complementary

#EDC461 #61D0ED #7E61ED

monochromatic

#BE8D16 #E7AF2A #EDC461 #F3D998 #FAEDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#EDC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC461

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC461	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d591',
    500: '#edc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc461;
$custom-light: #f6d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83695,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC461

secondary

#365DBD

accent

#47DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC461

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

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