#EDC260#EDC260

#EDC260 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.126 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC260
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 59.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, 4.37, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 54.30, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% 0.0095 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.126 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3309, 57.4359, 19.1833)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC260 #608BED

analogous

#ED7B60 #EDC260 #D2ED60

triadic

#EDC260 #60EDC2 #C260ED

tetradic

#EDC260 #60ED7B #608BED #ED60D2

square

#EDC260 #60ED7B #608BED #ED60D2

split-complementary

#EDC260 #60D2ED #7B60ED

monochromatic

#BD8A15 #E7AD29 #EDC260 #F3D797 #F9ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#EDC260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC260

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC260	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.126 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d490',
    500: '#edc260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc260;
$custom-light: #f6d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83291,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC260

secondary

#355EBC

accent

#4ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC260

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

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