#EDC550#EDC550

#EDC550 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.140 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC550
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 1.80, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 61.96, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% 0 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.14 90)
XYZ	xyz(56.3422, 58.5195, 15.9156)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC550 #5078ED

analogous

#ED7650 #EDC550 #C7ED50

triadic

#EDC550 #50EDC5 #C550ED

tetradic

#EDC550 #50ED76 #5078ED #ED50C7

square

#EDC550 #50ED76 #5078ED #ED50C7

split-complementary

#EDC550 #50C7ED #7650ED

monochromatic

#B08812 #E7B319 #EDC550 #F3D787 #F8EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EDC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC550

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC550	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)

#DAC342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.140 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d686',
    500: '#edc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc550;
$custom-light: #f7d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.713,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83718,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.58516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC550

secondary

#3051B1

accent

#3EDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC550

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

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