#EDC560#EDC560

#EDC560 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.128 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC560
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, 2.81, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 55.06, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% 0.0049 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.128 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0053, 58.7848, 19.4081)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC560 #6088ED

analogous

#ED7F60 #EDC560 #CEED60

triadic

#EDC560 #60EDC5 #C560ED

tetradic

#EDC560 #60ED7F #6088ED #ED60CE

square

#EDC560 #60ED7F #6088ED #ED60CE

split-complementary

#EDC560 #60CEED #7F60ED

monochromatic

#BD8E15 #E7B129 #EDC560 #F3D997 #F9EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#EDC560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC560

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC560	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.128 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d690',
    500: '#edc560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc560;
$custom-light: #f6d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8388,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC560

secondary

#355CBC

accent

#45DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC560

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

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