#EDC44E#EDC44E

#EDC44E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC44E
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, 2.21, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 62.53, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% 0.001 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.141 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0431, 58.0378, 15.4568)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC44E #4E77ED

analogous

#ED754E #EDC44E #C7ED4E

triadic

#EDC44E #4EEDC4 #C44EED

tetradic

#EDC44E #4EED75 #4E77ED #ED4EC7

square

#EDC44E #4EED75 #4E77ED #ED4EC7

split-complementary

#EDC44E #4EC7ED #754EED

monochromatic

#AF8612 #E6B117 #EDC44E #F3D786 #F8E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#EDC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC44E

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC44E	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d585',
    500: '#edc44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc44e;
$custom-light: #f7d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.528,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83502,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC44E

secondary

#3051AF

accent

#3FDE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC44E

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

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