#EDC659#EDC659

#EDC659 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.134 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC659
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, 1.82, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 58.40, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84% 0.0012 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.134 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.9251, 59.1172, 17.8617)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC659 #5980ED

analogous

#ED7C59 #EDC659 #CAED59

triadic

#EDC659 #59EDC6 #C659ED

tetradic

#EDC659 #59ED7C #5980ED #ED59CA

square

#EDC659 #59ED7C #5980ED #ED59CA

split-complementary

#EDC659 #59CAED #7C59ED

monochromatic

#B88D14 #E7B322 #EDC659 #F3D990 #F9ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#EDC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC659

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC659	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)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.134 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78c',
    500: '#edc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc659;
$custom-light: #f6d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.189,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84002,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC659

secondary

#3356B7

accent

#41DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC659

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

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