#EDC54F#EDC54F

#EDC54F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.141 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC54F
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 66.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, 1.74, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 62.37, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0002 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.141 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3055, 58.5049, 15.7225)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC54F #4F77ED

analogous

#ED764F #EDC54F #C6ED4F

triadic

#EDC54F #4FEDC5 #C54FED

tetradic

#EDC54F #4FED76 #4F77ED #ED4FC6

square

#EDC54F #4FED76 #4F77ED #ED4FC6

split-complementary

#EDC54F #4FC6ED #764FED

monochromatic

#B08812 #E7B318 #EDC54F #F3D787 #F8EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EDC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC54F

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC54F	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)

#DAC341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.141 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d686',
    500: '#edc54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc54f;
$custom-light: #f7d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.81,
    "s": 81.443,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83709,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC54F

secondary

#3051B0

accent

#3EDE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC54F

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

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