#EDC657#EDC657

#EDC657 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.135 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC657
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, 1.70, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 59.26, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% 0.0006 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.135 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.8423, 59.0840, 17.4254)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC657 #577EED

analogous

#ED7B57 #EDC657 #C9ED57

triadic

#EDC657 #57EDC6 #C657ED

tetradic

#EDC657 #57ED7B #577EED #ED57C9

square

#EDC657 #57ED7B #577EED #ED57C9

split-complementary

#EDC657 #57C9ED #7B57ED

monochromatic

#B68C14 #E7B320 #EDC657 #F3D98E #F9ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#EDC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC657

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC657	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.135 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78b',
    500: '#edc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc657;
$custom-light: #f6d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83982,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC657

secondary

#3355B6

accent

#40DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC657

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

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