#EDC040#EDC040

#EDC040 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.148 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC040
RGB	rgb(237, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, 3.59, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 67.07, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% 0.0033 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.148 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7033, 56.0775, 12.7923)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC040 #406DED

analogous

#ED6A40 #EDC040 #C4ED40

triadic

#EDC040 #40EDC0 #C040ED

tetradic

#EDC040 #40ED6A #406DED #ED40C4

square

#EDC040 #40ED6A #406DED #ED40C4

split-complementary

#EDC040 #40C4ED #6A40ED

monochromatic

#A37D0F #DBA815 #EDC040 #F2D278 #F8E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#EDC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#EDC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC040

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC040	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.148 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d27d',
    500: '#edc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc040;
$custom-light: #f7d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.393,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82602,
    "c": 0.14801,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC040

secondary

#2C4CA5

accent

#63F92F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC040

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

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