#EDC149#EDC149

#EDC149 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.143 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC149
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 69.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, 3.50, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 63.84, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% 0.0041 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.143 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.2007, 56.6290, 14.3251)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC149 #4975ED

analogous

#ED6F49 #EDC149 #C7ED49

triadic

#EDC149 #49EDC1 #C149ED

tetradic

#EDC149 #49ED6F #4975ED #ED49C7

square

#EDC149 #49ED6F #4975ED #ED49C7

split-complementary

#EDC149 #49C7ED #6F49ED

monochromatic

#AB8111 #E2AC16 #EDC149 #F3D481 #F8E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EDC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#EDC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC149

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC149	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.143 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d382',
    500: '#edc149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc149;
$custom-light: #f7d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82868,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC149

secondary

#2E50AC

accent

#41DE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC149

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

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