#EDC556#EDC556

#EDC556 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC556
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, 2.15, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 59.43, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% 0.0018 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.136 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5739, 58.6122, 17.1357)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC556 #567EED

analogous

#ED7956 #EDC556 #C9ED56

triadic

#EDC556 #56EDC5 #C556ED

tetradic

#EDC556 #56ED79 #567EED #ED56C9

square

#EDC556 #56ED79 #567EED #ED56C9

split-complementary

#EDC556 #56C9ED #7956ED

monochromatic

#B58A13 #E7B21F #EDC556 #F3D88D #F9EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#EDC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC556

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC556	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68a',
    500: '#edc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc556;
$custom-light: #f6d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.106,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83775,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC556

secondary

#3255B5

accent

#41DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC556

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

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