#EDC551#EDC551

#EDC551 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC551
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 1.86, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 61.54, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% 0.0003 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.139 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3794, 58.5344, 16.1117)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC551 #5179ED

analogous

#ED7751 #EDC551 #C7ED51

triadic

#EDC551 #51EDC5 #C551ED

tetradic

#EDC551 #51ED77 #5179ED #ED51C7

square

#EDC551 #51ED77 #5179ED #ED51C7

split-complementary

#EDC551 #51C7ED #7751ED

monochromatic

#B18912 #E7B31A #EDC551 #F3D788 #F8EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#EDC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC551

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC551	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d687',
    500: '#edc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc551;
$custom-light: #f7d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83727,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC551

secondary

#3152B1

accent

#3FDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC551

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

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