#EDC44C#EDC44C

#EDC44C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC44C
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 67.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 2.10, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 63.35, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% 0.0004 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.142 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9725, 58.0095, 15.0849)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC44C #4C75ED

analogous

#ED744C #EDC44C #C6ED4C

triadic

#EDC44C #4CEDC4 #C44CED

tetradic

#EDC44C #4CED74 #4C75ED #ED4CC6

square

#EDC44C #4CED74 #4C75ED #ED4CC6

split-complementary

#EDC44C #4CC6ED #744CED

monochromatic

#AD8611 #E5B017 #EDC44C #F3D684 #F8E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#EDC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC44C

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC44C	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)

#D9C23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d584',
    500: '#edc44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc44c;
$custom-light: #f7d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.72,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83485,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC44C

secondary

#2F50AE

accent

#3EDE07

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC44C

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

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