#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
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 68.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 2.04, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 63.75, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% 0.0002 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.143 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9380, 57.9957, 14.9032)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##EDC44B	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #EDC44B

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

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