#EDC255#EDC255

#EDC255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.135 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC255
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, 3.65, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 59.12, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% 0.006 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.135 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8595, 57.2473, 16.7002)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC255 #5580ED

analogous

#ED7655 #EDC255 #CCED55

triadic

#EDC255 #55EDC2 #C255ED

tetradic

#EDC255 #55ED76 #5580ED #ED55CC

square

#EDC255 #55ED76 #5580ED #ED55CC

split-complementary

#EDC255 #55CCED #7655ED

monochromatic

#B48713 #E7AE1E #EDC255 #F3D68C #F9EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#EDC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC255

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC255	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.135 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d489',
    500: '#edc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc255;
$custom-light: #f7d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.026,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83173,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC255

secondary

#3257B4

accent

#45DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC255

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

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