#EDC54E#EDC54E

#EDC54E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.142 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC54E
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, 1.69, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 62.78, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0005 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.142 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2694, 58.4904, 15.5322)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC54E #4E76ED

analogous

#ED764E #EDC54E #C5ED4E

triadic

#EDC54E #4EEDC5 #C54EED

tetradic

#EDC54E #4EED76 #4E76ED #ED4EC5

square

#EDC54E #4EED76 #4E76ED #ED4EC5

split-complementary

#EDC54E #4EC5ED #764EED

monochromatic

#AF8712 #E6B217 #EDC54E #F3D786 #F8E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EDC54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC54E

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC54E	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.142 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d685',
    500: '#edc54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc54e;
$custom-light: #f7d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.906,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.837,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC54E

secondary

#3050AF

accent

#3EDE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC54E

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

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