#EDC45E#EDC45E

#EDC45E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.129 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC45E
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, 3.19, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 55.69, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% 0.0058 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.129 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6881, 58.2958, 18.8539)
Luminance	0.5829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC45E #5E87ED

analogous

#ED7C5E #EDC45E #CFED5E

triadic

#EDC45E #5EEDC4 #C45EED

tetradic

#EDC45E #5EED7C #5E87ED #ED5ECF

square

#EDC45E #5EED7C #5E87ED #ED5ECF

split-complementary

#EDC45E #5ECFED #7C5EED

monochromatic

#BC8C15 #E7B027 #EDC45E #F3D895 #F9ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#EDC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC45E

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC45E	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)

#D8C254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.129 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d58f',
    500: '#edc45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc45e;
$custom-light: #f6d58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.797,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83661,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC45E

secondary

#355BBA

accent

#46DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC45E

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

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