#EDC162#EDC162

#EDC162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.124 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC162
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, 5.03, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 53.17, 84.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% 0.0116 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.124 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.2024, 57.0296, 19.6005)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC162 #628EED

analogous

#ED7B62 #EDC162 #D4ED62

triadic

#EDC162 #62EDC1 #C162ED

tetradic

#EDC162 #62ED7B #628EED #ED62D4

square

#EDC162 #62ED7B #628EED #ED62D4

split-complementary

#EDC162 #62D4ED #7B62ED

monochromatic

#BF8916 #E7AB2B #EDC162 #F3D799 #FAECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#EDC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC162

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC162	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.124 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d391',
    500: '#edc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc162;
$custom-light: #f6d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83118,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC162

secondary

#3661BD

accent

#4CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC162

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

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