#EDC462#EDC462

#EDC462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.125 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC462
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 3.47, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 53.90, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% 0.0071 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.125 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.8723, 58.3695, 19.8238)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC462 #628BED

analogous

#ED7E62 #EDC462 #D1ED62

triadic

#EDC462 #62EDC4 #C462ED

tetradic

#EDC462 #62ED7E #628BED #ED62D1

square

#EDC462 #62ED7E #628BED #ED62D1

split-complementary

#EDC462 #62D1ED #7E62ED

monochromatic

#BF8D16 #E7AF2B #EDC462 #F3D999 #FAEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#EDC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC462

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC462	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.125 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d591',
    500: '#edc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc462;
$custom-light: #f6d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83706,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC462

secondary

#365EBD

accent

#48DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC462

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

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