#EDC15D#EDC15D

#EDC15D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.128 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC15D
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 93)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, 4.68, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 55.40, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% 0.01 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.128 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9736, 56.9381, 18.3958)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC15D #5D89ED

analogous

#ED795D #EDC15D #D1ED5D

triadic

#EDC15D #5DEDC1 #C15DED

tetradic

#EDC15D #5DED79 #5D89ED #ED5DD1

square

#EDC15D #5DED79 #5D89ED #ED5DD1

split-complementary

#EDC15D #5DD1ED #795DED

monochromatic

#BB8815 #E7AC26 #EDC15D #F3D694 #F9EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EDC15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#EDC15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC15D

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC15D	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.128 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38e',
    500: '#edc15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc15d;
$custom-light: #f6d38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83061,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC15D

secondary

#345DBA

accent

#4ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC15D

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

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