#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
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 3.24, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 62.05, 87.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% 0.004 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.14 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5950, 57.1416, 15.3074)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##EDC24E	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #EDC24E

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

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