#EDC565#EDC565

#EDC565 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.123 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC565
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 57.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 3.17, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 52.80, 86.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% 0.0066 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.123 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2429, 58.8798, 20.6592)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC565 #658DED

analogous

#ED8165 #EDC565 #D1ED65

triadic

#EDC565 #65EDC5 #C565ED

tetradic

#EDC565 #65ED81 #658DED #ED65D1

square

#EDC565 #65ED81 #658DED #ED65D1

split-complementary

#EDC565 #65D1ED #8165ED

monochromatic

#C18F17 #E7B02E #EDC565 #F3DA9C #FAEED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EDC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC565

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC565	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.123 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d693',
    500: '#edc565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc565;
$custom-light: #f6d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83938,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC565

secondary

#375FBF

accent

#48DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC565

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

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