#EDC591#EDC591

#EDC591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.081 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC591
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(34, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 38.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, 7.25, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 32.23, 77.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% 0.0229 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.081 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0038, 59.9842, 35.2000)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC591 #91B9ED

analogous

#ED9791 #EDC591 #E7ED91

triadic

#EDC591 #91EDC5 #C591ED

tetradic

#EDC591 #91ED97 #91B9ED #ED91E7

square

#EDC591 #91ED97 #91B9ED #ED91E7

split-complementary

#EDC591 #91E7ED #9791ED

monochromatic

#DC8E28 #E4A95C #EDC591 #F6E1C6 #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#EDC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC591

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC591	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.081 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d6b1',
    500: '#edc591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc591;
$custom-light: #f4d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84609,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC591

secondary

#5A8AC8

accent

#66D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC591

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

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