#EDC481#EDC481

#EDC481 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.097 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC481
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, 6.10, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 39.49, 81.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% 0.0182 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.097 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6295, 59.0723, 29.0785)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC481 #81AAED

analogous

#ED8E81 #EDC481 #E0ED81

triadic

#EDC481 #81EDC4 #C481ED

tetradic

#EDC481 #81ED8E #81AAED #ED81E0

square

#EDC481 #81ED8E #81AAED #ED81E0

split-complementary

#EDC481 #81E0ED #8E81ED

monochromatic

#D5901E #E5AB4B #EDC481 #F5DDB7 #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#EDC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC481

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC481	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.097 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5a6',
    500: '#edc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc481;
$custom-light: #f5d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.222,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84136,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC481

secondary

#4B7AC7

accent

#5BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC481

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

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