#EDC15B#EDC15B

#EDC15B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.130 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC15B
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, 4.55, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 56.28, 85.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% 0.0094 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.13 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8862, 56.9031, 17.9353)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC15B #5B87ED

analogous

#ED785B #EDC15B #D0ED5B

triadic

#EDC15B #5BEDC1 #C15BED

tetradic

#EDC15B #5BED78 #5B87ED #ED5BD0

square

#EDC15B #5BED78 #5B87ED #ED5BD0

split-complementary

#EDC15B #5BD0ED #785BED

monochromatic

#B98814 #E7AC24 #EDC15B #F3D692 #F9EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EDC15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#EDC15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC15B

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC15B	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.130 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38d',
    500: '#edc15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc15b;
$custom-light: #f6d38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83039,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC15B

secondary

#345CB8

accent

#49DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC15B

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

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