#EDC456#EDC456

#EDC456 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.135 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC456
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, 2.67, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 59.18, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% 0.0033 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.135 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.3476, 58.1596, 17.0603)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC456 #567FED

analogous

#ED7856 #EDC456 #CAED56

triadic

#EDC456 #56EDC4 #C456ED

tetradic

#EDC456 #56ED78 #567FED #ED56CA

square

#EDC456 #56ED78 #567FED #ED56CA

split-complementary

#EDC456 #56CAED #7856ED

monochromatic

#B58913 #E7B11F #EDC456 #F3D78D #F9EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#EDC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC456

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC456	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.135 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d58a',
    500: '#edc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc456;
$custom-light: #f6d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.709,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83577,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC456

secondary

#3256B5

accent

#42DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC456

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

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