#EDC563#EDC563

#EDC563 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.125 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC563
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 58.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, 3.02, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 53.71, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% 0.0059 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.125 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1461, 58.8411, 20.1494)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC563 #638BED

analogous

#ED8063 #EDC563 #D0ED63

triadic

#EDC563 #63EDC5 #C563ED

tetradic

#EDC563 #63ED80 #638BED #ED63D0

square

#EDC563 #63ED80 #638BED #ED63D0

split-complementary

#EDC563 #63D0ED #8063ED

monochromatic

#C08E16 #E7B12C #EDC563 #F3D99A #FAEED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EDC563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC563

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC563	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.125 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d692',
    500: '#edc563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc563;
$custom-light: #f6d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83915,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC563

secondary

#365EBE

accent

#47DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC563

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

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