#EDC45B#EDC45B

#EDC45B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.131 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC45B
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, 2.99, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 57.01, 86.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% 0.0048 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.131 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5561, 58.2430, 18.1586)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC45B #5B84ED

analogous

#ED7B5B #EDC45B #CDED5B

triadic

#EDC45B #5BEDC4 #C45BED

tetradic

#EDC45B #5BED7B #5B84ED #ED5BCD

square

#EDC45B #5BED7B #5B84ED #ED5BCD

split-complementary

#EDC45B #5BCDED #7B5BED

monochromatic

#B98B14 #E7B024 #EDC45B #F3D892 #F9ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#EDC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC45B

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC45B	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.131 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d58d',
    500: '#edc45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc45b;
$custom-light: #f6d58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.151,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83628,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC45B

secondary

#3459B8

accent

#44DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC45B

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

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