#EDC561#EDC561

#EDC561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.127 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC561
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, 2.88, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 54.61, 86.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% 0.0052 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.127 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.0517, 58.8033, 19.6521)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC561 #6189ED

analogous

#ED7F61 #EDC561 #CFED61

triadic

#EDC561 #61EDC5 #C561ED

tetradic

#EDC561 #61ED7F #6189ED #ED61CF

square

#EDC561 #61ED7F #6189ED #ED61CF

split-complementary

#EDC561 #61CFED #7F61ED

monochromatic

#BE8E16 #E7B12A #EDC561 #F3D998 #FAEDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#EDC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC561

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC561	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)

#D9C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.127 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d691',
    500: '#edc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc561;
$custom-light: #f6d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83892,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC561

secondary

#365CBD

accent

#46DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC561

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

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