#EDC253#EDC253

#EDC253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.136 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC253
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 65%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, 3.53, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 59.97, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% 0.0054 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.136 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7811, 57.2160, 16.2877)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC253 #537EED

analogous

#ED7553 #EDC253 #CBED53

triadic

#EDC253 #53EDC2 #C253ED

tetradic

#EDC253 #53ED75 #537EED #ED53CB

square

#EDC253 #53ED75 #537EED #ED53CB

split-complementary

#EDC253 #53CBED #7553ED

monochromatic

#B38613 #E7AE1C #EDC253 #F3D68A #F9E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#EDC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC253

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC253	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)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.136 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d488',
    500: '#edc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc253;
$custom-light: #f7d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.247,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83154,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC253

secondary

#3156B3

accent

#44DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC253

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

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