#EDC24E#EDC24E

#EDC24E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.140 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EDC24E
RGBrgb(237, 194, 78)
HSLhsl(44, 82%, 62%)
HSVhsv(44, 67%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.1%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(80.26, 3.24, 61.97)
CIE-LCHlch(80.26, 62.05, 87.00°)
OKLaboklab(83.11% 0.004 0.1399)
OKLCHoklch(83.11% 0.14 88.4)
XYZxyz(55.5950, 57.1416, 15.3074)
Luminance0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EDC24E #4E79ED
analogous
#ED734E #EDC24E #C8ED4E
triadic
#EDC24E #4EEDC2 #C24EED
tetradic
#EDC24E #4EED73 #4E79ED #ED4EC8
square
#EDC24E #4EED73 #4E79ED #ED4EC8
split-complementary
#EDC24E #4EC8ED #734EED
monochromatic
#AF8412 #E6AE17 #EDC24E #F3D586 #F8E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#EDC24E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43
#EDC24E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC24E
12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EDC24E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EDC24E1.001.6912.4312.43
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4321.001.001.00
##00000012.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C040
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CC53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB2AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #edc24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.140 88.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d485',
    500: '#edc24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #edc24e;
$custom-light: #f7d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#edc24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.774,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83108,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EDC24E
secondary
#3052AF
accent
#42DE08
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E

Preview Lab

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#EDC24E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva