#EDAE59#EDAE59

#EDAE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.126 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDAE59
RGB	rgb(237, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 14.40, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 53.72, 74.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% 0.0379 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.126 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8674, 49.0018, 16.1758)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDAE59 #5998ED

analogous

#ED6459 #EDAE59 #E2ED59

triadic

#EDAE59 #59EDAE #AE59ED

tetradic

#EDAE59 #59ED64 #5998ED #ED59E2

square

#EDAE59 #59ED64 #5998ED #ED59E2

split-complementary

#EDAE59 #59E2ED #6459ED

monochromatic

#B87214 #E79322 #EDAE59 #F3C990 #F9E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EDAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#EDAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDAE59

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDAE59	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.126 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c68b',
    500: '#edae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edae59;
$custom-light: #f7c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.459,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79369,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDAE59

secondary

#B7CDEB

accent

#63DD09

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#18130C

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDAE59

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

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