#EDC159#EDC159

#EDC159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.131 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC159
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, 4.42, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 57.16, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% 0.0087 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.131 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.8011, 56.8691, 17.4870)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC159 #5985ED

analogous

#ED7759 #EDC159 #CFED59

triadic

#EDC159 #59EDC1 #C159ED

tetradic

#EDC159 #59ED77 #5985ED #ED59CF

square

#EDC159 #59ED77 #5985ED #ED59CF

split-complementary

#EDC159 #59CFED #7759ED

monochromatic

#B88714 #E7AC22 #EDC159 #F3D690 #F9EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EDC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#EDC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC159

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC159	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.131 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38c',
    500: '#edc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc159;
$custom-light: #f6d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83018,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC159

secondary

#335AB7

accent

#48DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC159

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

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