#EDC459#EDC459

#EDC459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.133 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC459
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, 2.86, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 57.89, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% 0.0042 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.133 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4710, 58.2089, 17.7103)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC459 #5982ED

analogous

#ED7A59 #EDC459 #CCED59

triadic

#EDC459 #59EDC4 #C459ED

tetradic

#EDC459 #59ED7A #5982ED #ED59CC

square

#EDC459 #59ED7A #5982ED #ED59CC

split-complementary

#EDC459 #59CCED #7A59ED

monochromatic

#B88A14 #E7B022 #EDC459 #F3D890 #F9EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#EDC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC459

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC459	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.133 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d58c',
    500: '#edc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc459;
$custom-light: #f6d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83608,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC459

secondary

#3358B7

accent

#43DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC459

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

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