#EDC463#EDC463

#EDC463 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.125 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC463
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, 3.54, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 53.45, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% 0.0074 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.125 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9198, 58.3885, 20.0740)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC463 #638CED

analogous

#ED7F63 #EDC463 #D1ED63

triadic

#EDC463 #63EDC4 #C463ED

tetradic

#EDC463 #63ED7F #638CED #ED63D1

square

#EDC463 #63ED7F #638CED #ED63D1

split-complementary

#EDC463 #63D1ED #7F63ED

monochromatic

#C08D16 #E7AF2C #EDC463 #F3D99A #FAEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#EDC463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC463

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC463	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.125 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d592',
    500: '#edc463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc463;
$custom-light: #f6d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83718,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC463

secondary

#365FBE

accent

#48DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC463

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

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