#EDD591#EDD591

#EDD591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.090 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD591
RGB	rgb(237, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(44, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 38.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -1.04, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 36.67, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0013 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.09 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.8316, 67.6396, 36.4760)
Luminance	0.6764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD591 #91A9ED

analogous

#EDA791 #EDD591 #D7ED91

triadic

#EDD591 #91EDD5 #D591ED

tetradic

#EDD591 #91EDA7 #91A9ED #ED91D7

square

#EDD591 #91EDA7 #91A9ED #ED91D7

split-complementary

#EDD591 #91D7ED #A791ED

monochromatic

#DCAD28 #E4C15C #EDD591 #F6E9C6 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EDD591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#EDD591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD591

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD591	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D38C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.090 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1b2',
    500: '#edd591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd591;
$custom-light: #f4e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87752,
    "c": 0.09036,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD591

secondary

#5A77C8

accent

#44D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD591

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

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