#EDC250#EDC250

#EDC250 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC250
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, 3.36, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 61.23, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% 0.0045 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.138 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6678, 57.1707, 15.6908)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC250 #507BED

analogous

#ED7450 #EDC250 #C9ED50

triadic

#EDC250 #50EDC2 #C250ED

tetradic

#EDC250 #50ED74 #507BED #ED50C9

square

#EDC250 #50ED74 #507BED #ED50C9

split-complementary

#EDC250 #50C9ED #7450ED

monochromatic

#B08512 #E7AF19 #EDC250 #F3D587 #F8E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#EDC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC250

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC250	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)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d486',
    500: '#edc250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc250;
$custom-light: #f7d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.567,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83126,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC250

secondary

#3054B1

accent

#42DE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC250

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

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