#EDC256#EDC256

#EDC256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.134 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC256
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, 3.71, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 58.69, 86.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% 0.0063 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.134 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8995, 57.2633, 16.9109)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC256 #5681ED

analogous

#ED7656 #EDC256 #CCED56

triadic

#EDC256 #56EDC2 #C256ED

tetradic

#EDC256 #56ED76 #5681ED #ED56CC

square

#EDC256 #56ED76 #5681ED #ED56CC

split-complementary

#EDC256 #56CCED #7656ED

monochromatic

#B58713 #E7AE1F #EDC256 #F3D68D #F9EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#EDC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC256

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC256	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)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.134 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48a',
    500: '#edc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc256;
$custom-light: #f6d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.914,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83183,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC256

secondary

#3257B5

accent

#45DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC256

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

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