#EDC252#EDC252

#EDC252 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.137 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC252
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 65.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, 3.47, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 60.39, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% 0.0051 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.137 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7428, 57.2007, 16.0858)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC252 #527DED

analogous

#ED7552 #EDC252 #CAED52

triadic

#EDC252 #52EDC2 #C252ED

tetradic

#EDC252 #52ED75 #527DED #ED52CA

square

#EDC252 #52ED75 #527DED #ED52CA

split-complementary

#EDC252 #52CAED #7552ED

monochromatic

#B28613 #E7AE1B #EDC252 #F3D689 #F9E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#EDC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC252

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC252	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.137 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d487',
    500: '#edc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc252;
$custom-light: #f7d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.355,
    "s": 81.152,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83144,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC252

secondary

#3155B2

accent

#43DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC252

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

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