#EDC487#EDC487

#EDC487 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.091 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC487
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 43%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, 6.70, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 36.67, 79.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% 0.0205 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.091 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0401, 59.2366, 31.2409)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC487 #87B0ED

analogous

#ED9187 #EDC487 #E3ED87

triadic

#EDC487 #87EDC4 #C487ED

tetradic

#EDC487 #87ED91 #87B0ED #ED87E3

square

#EDC487 #87ED91 #87B0ED #ED87E3

split-complementary

#EDC487 #87E3ED #9187ED

monochromatic

#D98F21 #E5AA52 #EDC487 #F5DEBC #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#EDC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC487

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC487	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.091 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5aa',
    500: '#edc487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc487;
$custom-light: #f5d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.882,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84237,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC487

secondary

#5180C8

accent

#5FD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC487

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

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