#EDC257#EDC257

#EDC257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.133 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC257
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, 3.77, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 58.26, 86.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% 0.0066 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.133 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9400, 57.2796, 17.1246)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC257 #5782ED

analogous

#ED7757 #EDC257 #CDED57

triadic

#EDC257 #57EDC2 #C257ED

tetradic

#EDC257 #57ED77 #5782ED #ED57CD

square

#EDC257 #57ED77 #5782ED #ED57CD

split-complementary

#EDC257 #57CDED #7757ED

monochromatic

#B68714 #E7AE20 #EDC257 #F3D68E #F9EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#EDC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC257

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC257	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.133 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48a',
    500: '#edc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc257;
$custom-light: #f6d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83194,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC257

secondary

#3358B6

accent

#45DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC257

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

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