#EDC15E#EDC15E

#EDC15E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.127 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC15E
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, 4.75, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 54.96, 85.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% 0.0103 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.127 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0182, 56.9560, 18.6305)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC15E #5E8AED

analogous

#ED795E #EDC15E #D2ED5E

triadic

#EDC15E #5EEDC1 #C15EED

tetradic

#EDC15E #5EED79 #5E8AED #ED5ED2

square

#EDC15E #5EED79 #5E8AED #ED5ED2

split-complementary

#EDC15E #5ED2ED #795EED

monochromatic

#BC8815 #E7AC27 #EDC15E #F3D695 #F9EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#EDC15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC15E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC15E	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D5C054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.127 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d38f',
    500: '#edc15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc15e;
$custom-light: #f6d38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83072,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC15E

secondary

#355EBA

accent

#4ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC15E

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

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