#EDC55A#EDC55A

#EDC55A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.132 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC55A
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 2.41, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 57.71, 87.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% 0.003 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.132 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7396, 58.6785, 18.0084)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC55A #5A82ED

analogous

#ED7C5A #EDC55A #CCED5A

triadic

#EDC55A #5AEDC5 #C55AED

tetradic

#EDC55A #5AED7C #5A82ED #ED5ACC

square

#EDC55A #5AED7C #5A82ED #ED5ACC

split-complementary

#EDC55A #5ACCED #7C5AED

monochromatic

#B88C14 #E7B223 #EDC55A #F3D891 #F9ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#EDC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC55A

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC55A	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.132 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68c',
    500: '#edc55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc55a;
$custom-light: #f6d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83815,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC55A

secondary

#3357B8

accent

#42DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC55A

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

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