#EDC661#EDC661

#EDC661 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.127 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC661
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, 2.36, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 54.87, 87.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% 0.0037 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.127 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2795, 59.2589, 19.7280)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC661 #6188ED

analogous

#ED8061 #EDC661 #CEED61

triadic

#EDC661 #61EDC6 #C661ED

tetradic

#EDC661 #61ED80 #6188ED #ED61CE

square

#EDC661 #61ED80 #6188ED #ED61CE

split-complementary

#EDC661 #61CEED #8061ED

monochromatic

#BE8F16 #E7B22A #EDC661 #F3DA98 #FAEECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#EDC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC661

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC661	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.127 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d791',
    500: '#edc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc661;
$custom-light: #f6d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84089,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC661

secondary

#365BBD

accent

#44DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC661

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

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