Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind orange-100 #FFEDD5
Tailwind CSS v3's orange-100 is #FFEDD5. It is a pale grayish amber in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.954, chroma 0.037 and hue 75.2°. The nearest CSS named color is papayawhip (#FFEFD5), ΔE2000 1.4 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.8663
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.954 · 0.037 · 75.2
- Best text
- Black 18.32:1
- Hue family
- Orange
#FFEDD5 color codes
- HEX
#FFEDD5- RGB
rgb(255, 237, 213)- HSL
hsl(34, 100%, 92%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.954 0.037 75.2)- OKLab
oklab(0.954 0.010 0.036)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 94.58, a* 2.29, b* 13.83- XYZ (D65)
X 83.53, Y 86.63, Z 75.26- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 7%, 16%, 0%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #FFEDD5 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 18.32:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.14:1.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
18.32:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +96
-
White text on it
1.14:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −7
Text is here, unreadable at 1.14:1
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As text on black
18.32:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −97
-
As text on white
1.14:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.14:1
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#84745F 4.52:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.95 to 0.57 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FFEDD5 18.32:1
It already reaches 18.32:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FFEDD5 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #FFEDD5
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFEDD5 sits at step 100.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 orange scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #FFEDD5 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.037; #FFEDD5 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.047 there: 25% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.037
- sRGB edge
- 0.037
- Display P3 edge
- 0.047
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.072
- Dominant wavelength
- 579 nm
- Excitation purity
- 14%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3404, y 0.3530
- This color#FFEDD5
- Most vivid in sRGB#FFEDD5
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.954 0.047 75.2)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ffedd5;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.9294 0.821); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FFEDD5
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#FFF6EA
- OKLab50%#FFF6EA
- OKLCH50%#FFF6EA
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#80776B
- OKLab50%#635C51
- OKLCH50%#635C51
Its complement #E6F1FF
- sRGB50%#F3EFEA
- OKLab50%#F3EFEA
- OKLCH50%#DFF7EB
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffedd5, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffedd5 50%, white);In use
#FFEDD5 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:118.32:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.14:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.14:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.14:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #84745F 4.52:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:118.32:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:116.34:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:116.34:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:116.34:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FFEDD5 looks with color blindness
Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 11.1; deuteranopia changes it least, 5.1.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#F4EDD4 ΔE2000 5.2
Noticeable
Reads as pale grayish amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#F9F1D6 ΔE2000 5.1
Noticeable
Reads as pale grayish amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FFE8E6 ΔE2000 11.1
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#EFEFEF ΔE2000 10.8
Distinct
Reads as off-white
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #E6F1FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FFEDD5 · #E6F1FF | 17.8 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #F4EDD4 · #ECF1FF | 17.7 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #F9F1D6 · #EAEFFF | 18.9 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FFE8E6 · #E0F4F5 | 19.0 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #EFEFEF · #F0F0F0 | 0.2 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FFEDD5
Its complement is #E6F1FF, a pale grayish blue.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#FFEDD5
- Complement#E6F1FF
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#FFEBE3
- Base#FFEDD5
- +30°#F3F2D6
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFEDD5
- +120°#D4F8F8
- +240°#F8EAFF
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFEDD5
- +150°#DCF5FF
- +210°#EEEEFF
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-orange-100: #ffedd5;
}// tailwind.config.js — already built in as orange-100;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
orange: { 100: '#ffedd5' },
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own orange-100; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-orange-100: oklch(0.954 0.037 75.2);
}{
"color": {
"orange-100": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [1, 0.9294, 0.8353],
"hex": "#ffedd5"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 orange-100"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let orange100 = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.929, blue: 0.835, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Orange100 = Color(0xFFFFEDD5)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #FFEDD5 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.