#EDC262#EDC262

#EDC262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.124 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC262
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, 4.51, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 53.41, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% 0.0101 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.124 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4242, 57.4732, 19.6744)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC262 #628DED

analogous

#ED7C62 #EDC262 #D2ED62

triadic

#EDC262 #62EDC2 #C262ED

tetradic

#EDC262 #62ED7C #628DED #ED62D2

square

#EDC262 #62ED7C #628DED #ED62D2

split-complementary

#EDC262 #62D2ED #7C62ED

monochromatic

#BF8A16 #E7AD2B #EDC262 #F3D799 #FAEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#EDC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC262

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC262	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)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.124 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d491',
    500: '#edc262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc262;
$custom-light: #f6d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.439,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83314,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC262

secondary

#3660BD

accent

#4BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC262

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

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