#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
RGBrgb(237, 197, 93)
HSLhsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSVhsv(43, 61%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.9%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(81.14, 2.60, 56.33)
CIE-LCHlch(81.14, 56.39, 87.35°)
OKLaboklab(83.85% 0.004 0.13)
OKLCHoklch(83.85% 0.13 88.3)
XYZxyz(56.8698, 58.7306, 18.6945)
Luminance0.5873 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##EDC55D1.001.6512.7512.75
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7521.001.001.00
##00000012.7521.001.001.00

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

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#EDC55D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva