#EDC656#EDC656

#EDC656 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.136 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC656
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, 1.64, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 59.69, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% 0.0003 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.136 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8017, 59.0678, 17.2117)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC656 #567DED

analogous

#ED7A56 #EDC656 #C9ED56

triadic

#EDC656 #56EDC6 #C656ED

tetradic

#EDC656 #56ED7A #567DED #ED56C9

square

#EDC656 #56ED7A #567DED #ED56C9

split-complementary

#EDC656 #56C9ED #7A56ED

monochromatic

#B58B13 #E7B31F #EDC656 #F3D98D #F9EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#EDC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC656

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC656	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.136 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78a',
    500: '#edc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc656;
$custom-light: #f6d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83972,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC656

secondary

#3254B5

accent

#3FDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC656

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

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