#EDC55B#EDC55B

#EDC55B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.132 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC55B
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, 2.47, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 57.27, 87.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% 0.0033 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.132 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7824, 58.6956, 18.2341)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC55B #5B83ED

analogous

#ED7C5B #EDC55B #CCED5B

triadic

#EDC55B #5BEDC5 #C55BED

tetradic

#EDC55B #5BED7C #5B83ED #ED5BCC

square

#EDC55B #5BED7C #5B83ED #ED5BCC

split-complementary

#EDC55B #5BCCED #7C5BED

monochromatic

#B98C14 #E7B124 #EDC55B #F3D992 #F9ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#EDC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC55B

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC55B	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)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.132 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68d',
    500: '#edc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc55b;
$custom-light: #f6d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83826,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC55B

secondary

#3458B8

accent

#43DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC55B

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

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