#EDC04A#EDC04A

#EDC04A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.142 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC04A
RGB	rgb(237, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 4.07, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 63.22, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% 0.0059 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.142 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0138, 56.2017, 14.4276)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC04A #4A77ED

analogous

#ED6E4A #EDC04A #C8ED4A

triadic

#EDC04A #4AEDC0 #C04AED

tetradic

#EDC04A #4AED6E #4A77ED #ED4AC8

square

#EDC04A #4AED6E #4A77ED #ED4AC8

split-complementary

#EDC04A #4AC8ED #6E4AED

monochromatic

#AC8111 #E3AB17 #EDC04A #F3D382 #F8E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#EDC04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#EDC04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC04A

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC04A	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.142 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d282',
    500: '#edc04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc04a;
$custom-light: #f7d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.436,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8268,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC04A

secondary

#2F51AC

accent

#43DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC04A

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

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