#EDC581#EDC581

#EDC581 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.097 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC581
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 129)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 45.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, 5.57, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 39.73, 81.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% 0.0167 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.097 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.8558, 59.5250, 29.1540)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC581 #81A9ED

analogous

#ED8F81 #EDC581 #DFED81

triadic

#EDC581 #81EDC5 #C581ED

tetradic

#EDC581 #81ED8F #81A9ED #ED81DF

square

#EDC581 #81ED8F #81A9ED #ED81DF

split-complementary

#EDC581 #81DFED #8F81ED

monochromatic

#D5911E #E5AC4B #EDC581 #F5DEB7 #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#EDC581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC581

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC581	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.097 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d6a6',
    500: '#edc581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc581;
$custom-light: #f5d6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84331,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC581

secondary

#4B79C7

accent

#59D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC581

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

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