#EDC451#EDC451

#EDC451 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC451
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, 2.37, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 61.30, 87.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% 0.0018 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.139 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.1531, 58.0818, 16.0362)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC451 #517AED

analogous

#ED7651 #EDC451 #C8ED51

triadic

#EDC451 #51EDC4 #C451ED

tetradic

#EDC451 #51ED76 #517AED #ED51C8

square

#EDC451 #51ED76 #517AED #ED51C8

split-complementary

#EDC451 #51C8ED #7651ED

monochromatic

#B18712 #E7B11A #EDC451 #F3D788 #F8EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#EDC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC451

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC451	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d587',
    500: '#edc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc451;
$custom-light: #f7d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.231,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83529,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC451

secondary

#3153B1

accent

#40DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC451

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

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