#EDC55D#EDC55D

#EDC55D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.130 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC55D
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, 2.60, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 56.39, 87.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% 0.004 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.13 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8698, 58.7306, 18.6945)
Luminance	0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC55D #5D85ED

analogous

#ED7D5D #EDC55D #CDED5D

triadic

#EDC55D #5DEDC5 #C55DED

tetradic

#EDC55D #5DED7D #5D85ED #ED5DCD

square

#EDC55D #5DED7D #5D85ED #ED5DCD

split-complementary

#EDC55D #5DCDED #7D5DED

monochromatic

#BB8D15 #E7B126 #EDC55D #F3D994 #F9ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#EDC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC55D

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC55D	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.130 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68e',
    500: '#edc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc55d;
$custom-light: #f6d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83847,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC55D

secondary

#3459BA

accent

#44DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC55D

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

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