#EDC555#EDC555

#EDC555 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC555
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 2.09, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 59.86, 88.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% 0.0015 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.136 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.5339, 58.5962, 16.9250)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC555 #557DED

analogous

#ED7955 #EDC555 #C9ED55

triadic

#EDC555 #55EDC5 #C555ED

tetradic

#EDC555 #55ED79 #557DED #ED55C9

square

#EDC555 #55ED79 #557DED #ED55C9

split-complementary

#EDC555 #55C9ED #7955ED

monochromatic

#B48A13 #E7B21E #EDC555 #F3D88C #F9EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#EDC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC555

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC555	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d689',
    500: '#edc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc555;
$custom-light: #f6d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83765,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC555

secondary

#3254B4

accent

#40DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC555

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

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