#EDC960#EDC960

#EDC960 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.130 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC960
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, 0.74, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 56.13, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0011 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.13 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.9257, 60.6254, 19.7149)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC960 #6084ED

analogous

#ED8260 #EDC960 #CAED60

triadic

#EDC960 #60EDC9 #C960ED

tetradic

#EDC960 #60ED82 #6084ED #ED60CA

square

#EDC960 #60ED82 #6084ED #ED60CA

split-complementary

#EDC960 #60CAED #8260ED

monochromatic

#BD9215 #E7B629 #EDC960 #F3DC97 #F9EECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#EDC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC960

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC960	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.130 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d990',
    500: '#edc960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc960;
$custom-light: #f6d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84671,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC960

secondary

#3558BC

accent

#3FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC960

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

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