#EDC44F#EDC44F

#EDC44F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC44F
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 66.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, 2.26, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 62.12, 87.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% 0.0013 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.14 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0792, 58.0522, 15.6471)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC44F #4F78ED

analogous

#ED754F #EDC44F #C7ED4F

triadic

#EDC44F #4FEDC4 #C44FED

tetradic

#EDC44F #4FED75 #4F78ED #ED4FC7

square

#EDC44F #4FED75 #4F78ED #ED4FC7

split-complementary

#EDC44F #4FC7ED #754FED

monochromatic

#B08712 #E7B118 #EDC44F #F3D787 #F8E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#EDC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC44F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC44F	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)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d586',
    500: '#edc44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc44f;
$custom-light: #f7d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.43,
    "s": 81.443,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83511,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC44F

secondary

#3051B0

accent

#3FDE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC44F

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

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