#EDC357#EDC357

#EDC357 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.134 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC357
RGB	rgb(237, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, 3.25, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 58.51, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% 0.0051 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.134 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1633, 57.7262, 17.1990)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC357 #5781ED

analogous

#ED7857 #EDC357 #CCED57

triadic

#EDC357 #57EDC3 #C357ED

tetradic

#EDC357 #57ED78 #5781ED #ED57CC

square

#EDC357 #57ED78 #5781ED #ED57CC

split-complementary

#EDC357 #57CCED #7857ED

monochromatic

#B68914 #E7AF20 #EDC357 #F3D78E #F9EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#EDC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC357

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC357	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.134 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48a',
    500: '#edc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc357;
$custom-light: #f6d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8339,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC357

secondary

#3357B6

accent

#44DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC357

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

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