#EDC35E#EDC35E

#EDC35E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.128 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC35E
RGB	rgb(237, 195, 94)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, 3.71, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 55.44, 86.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% 0.0073 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.128 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4633, 57.8462, 18.7789)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC35E #5E88ED

analogous

#ED7C5E #EDC35E #CFED5E

triadic

#EDC35E #5EEDC3 #C35EED

tetradic

#EDC35E #5EED7C #5E88ED #ED5ECF

square

#EDC35E #5EED7C #5E88ED #ED5ECF

split-complementary

#EDC35E #5ECFED #7C5EED

monochromatic

#BC8B15 #E7AE27 #EDC35E #F3D895 #F9ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#EDC35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC35E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC35E	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 195, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.128 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d48f',
    500: '#edc35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc35e;
$custom-light: #f6d48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83464,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC35E

secondary

#355CBA

accent

#47DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC35E

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

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