#EDC55E#EDC55E

#EDC55E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.129 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC55E
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, 2.67, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 55.95, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% 0.0043 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.129 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9144, 58.7484, 18.9293)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC55E #5E86ED

analogous

#ED7E5E #EDC55E #CDED5E

triadic

#EDC55E #5EEDC5 #C55EED

tetradic

#EDC55E #5EED7E #5E86ED #ED5ECD

square

#EDC55E #5EED7E #5E86ED #ED5ECD

split-complementary

#EDC55E #5ECDED #7E5EED

monochromatic

#BC8D15 #E7B127 #EDC55E #F3D995 #F9EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#EDC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC55E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC55E	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)

#D9C354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.129 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d68f',
    500: '#edc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc55e;
$custom-light: #f6d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83858,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC55E

secondary

#355ABA

accent

#44DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC55E

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

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