#EDC140#EDC140

#EDC140 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.148 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC140
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 73%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, 3.07, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 67.29, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% 0.0019 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.149 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9236, 56.5181, 12.8657)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC140 #406CED

analogous

#ED6B40 #EDC140 #C3ED40

triadic

#EDC140 #40EDC1 #C140ED

tetradic

#EDC140 #40ED6B #406CED #ED40C3

square

#EDC140 #40ED6B #406CED #ED40C3

split-complementary

#EDC140 #40C3ED #6B40ED

monochromatic

#A37E0F #DBA915 #EDC140 #F2D378 #F8E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#EDC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#EDC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC140

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC140	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.148 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d37d',
    500: '#edc140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc140;
$custom-light: #f7d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.74,
    "s": 82.775,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82799,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC140

secondary

#2C4BA5

accent

#62F92F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC140

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

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