#EDC553#EDC553

#EDC553 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC553
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 65%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, 1.97, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 60.71, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% 0.0009 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.138 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4555, 58.5649, 16.5125)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC553 #537BED

analogous

#ED7853 #EDC553 #C8ED53

triadic

#EDC553 #53EDC5 #C553ED

tetradic

#EDC553 #53ED78 #537BED #ED53C8

square

#EDC553 #53ED78 #537BED #ED53C8

split-complementary

#EDC553 #53C8ED #7853ED

monochromatic

#B38913 #E7B21C #EDC553 #F3D88A #F9EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#EDC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC553

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC553	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d688',
    500: '#edc553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc553;
$custom-light: #f7d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.416,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83746,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC553

secondary

#3153B3

accent

#3FDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC553

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

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