#EDC04F#EDC04F

#EDC04F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.138 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC04F
RGB	rgb(237, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 66.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, 4.34, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 61.18, 85.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% 0.0073 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.138 87)
XYZ	xyz(55.1890, 56.2718, 15.3503)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC04F #4F7CED

analogous

#ED714F #EDC04F #CBED4F

triadic

#EDC04F #4FEDC0 #C04FED

tetradic

#EDC04F #4FED71 #4F7CED #ED4FCB

square

#EDC04F #4FED71 #4F7CED #ED4FCB

split-complementary

#EDC04F #4FCBED #714FED

monochromatic

#B08312 #E7AC18 #EDC04F #F3D487 #F8E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#EDC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#EDC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC04F

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC04F	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.138 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d285',
    500: '#edc04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc04f;
$custom-light: #f7d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.911,
    "s": 81.443,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82724,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.56268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC04F

secondary

#3055B0

accent

#45DE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC04F

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

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