#EDC55C#EDC55C

#EDC55C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.131 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC55C
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, 2.54, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 56.83, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% 0.0036 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.131 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8258, 58.7130, 18.4628)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC55C #5C84ED

analogous

#ED7D5C #EDC55C #CDED5C

triadic

#EDC55C #5CEDC5 #C55CED

tetradic

#EDC55C #5CED7D #5C84ED #ED5CCD

square

#EDC55C #5CED7D #5C84ED #ED5CCD

split-complementary

#EDC55C #5CCDED #7D5CED

monochromatic

#BA8C15 #E7B125 #EDC55C #F3D993 #F9ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#EDC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC55C

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC55C	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)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.131 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68e',
    500: '#edc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc55c;
$custom-light: #f6d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83836,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC55C

secondary

#3459B9

accent

#43DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC55C

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

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