#EDC559#EDC559

#EDC559 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.133 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC559
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 2.34, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 58.14, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% 0.0027 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.133 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.6973, 58.6616, 17.7857)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC559 #5981ED

analogous

#ED7B59 #EDC559 #CBED59

triadic

#EDC559 #59EDC5 #C559ED

tetradic

#EDC559 #59ED7B #5981ED #ED59CB

square

#EDC559 #59ED7B #5981ED #ED59CB

split-complementary

#EDC559 #59CBED #7B59ED

monochromatic

#B88B14 #E7B222 #EDC559 #F3D890 #F9ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#EDC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC559

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC559	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.133 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68c',
    500: '#edc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc559;
$custom-light: #f6d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83805,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC559

secondary

#3357B7

accent

#42DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC559

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

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