#EDBC48#EDBC48

#EDBC48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDBC48
RGB	rgb(237, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, 6.05, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 63.16, 84.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% 0.0114 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.141 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0811, 54.4425, 13.7896)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDBC48 #4879ED

analogous

#ED6948 #EDBC48 #CBED48

triadic

#EDBC48 #48EDBC #BC48ED

tetradic

#EDBC48 #48ED69 #4879ED #ED48CB

square

#EDBC48 #48ED69 #4879ED #ED48CB

split-complementary

#EDBC48 #48CBED #6948ED

monochromatic

#AA7C11 #E2A516 #EDBC48 #F2D080 #F8E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#EDBC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#EDBC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDBC48

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDBC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDBC48	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edbc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7cf81',
    500: '#edbc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edbc48;
$custom-light: #f7cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edbc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.182,
    "s": 82.09,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81881,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDBC48

secondary

#2E53AB

accent

#47DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDBC48

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

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