#EDC45D#EDC45D

#EDC45D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.130 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC45D
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, 3.12, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 56.13, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% 0.0055 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.13 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6435, 58.2780, 18.6191)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC45D #5D86ED

analogous

#ED7C5D #EDC45D #CEED5D

triadic

#EDC45D #5DEDC4 #C45DED

tetradic

#EDC45D #5DED7C #5D86ED #ED5DCE

square

#EDC45D #5DED7C #5D86ED #ED5DCE

split-complementary

#EDC45D #5DCEED #7C5DED

monochromatic

#BB8C15 #E7B026 #EDC45D #F3D894 #F9ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#EDC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC45D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC45D	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.130 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d58e',
    500: '#edc45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc45d;
$custom-light: #f6d58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8365,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC45D

secondary

#345ABA

accent

#45DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC45D

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

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