#EDBE40#EDBE40

#EDBE40 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.147 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDBE40
RGB	rgb(237, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, 4.63, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 66.65, 86.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% 0.0063 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.147 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2671, 55.2052, 12.6469)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDBE40 #406FED

analogous

#ED6840 #EDBE40 #C6ED40

triadic

#EDBE40 #40EDBE #BE40ED

tetradic

#EDBE40 #40ED68 #406FED #ED40C6

square

#EDBE40 #40ED68 #406FED #ED40C6

split-complementary

#EDBE40 #40C6ED #6840ED

monochromatic

#A37B0F #DBA515 #EDBE40 #F2D178 #F8E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#EDBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#EDBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDBE40

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDBE40	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.147 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d17d',
    500: '#edbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edbe40;
$custom-light: #f7d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.699,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82209,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDBE40

secondary

#2C4DA5

accent

#66F92F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDBE40

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

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