#EDC44B#EDC44B

#EDC44B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.143 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EDC44B
RGBrgb(237, 196, 75)
HSLhsl(45, 82%, 61%)
HSVhsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.3%, 68.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(80.74, 2.04, 63.72)
CIE-LCHlch(80.74, 63.75, 88.16°)
OKLaboklab(83.48% 0.0002 0.1431)
OKLCHoklch(83.48% 0.143 89.9)
XYZxyz(55.9380, 57.9957, 14.9032)
Luminance0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EDC44B #4B74ED
analogous
#ED734B #EDC44B #C5ED4B
triadic
#EDC44B #4BEDC4 #C44BED
tetradic
#EDC44B #4BED73 #4B74ED #ED4BC5
square
#EDC44B #4BED73 #4B74ED #ED4BC5
split-complementary
#EDC44B #4BC5ED #734BED
monochromatic
#AC8511 #E4B017 #EDC44B #F3D683 #F8E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67
#EDC44B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60
#EDC44B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC44B
12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EDC44B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EDC44B1.001.6712.6012.60
#FFFFFF1.671.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6021.001.001.00
##00000012.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C23B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CD51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB4AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #edc44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.143 89.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d583',
    500: '#edc44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #edc44b;
$custom-light: #f7d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#edc44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.815,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83476,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EDC44B
secondary
#2F4FAD
accent
#3EDE07
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E

Preview Lab

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#EDC44B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva