#EDC65C#EDC65C

#EDC65C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.131 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC65C
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, 2.02, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 57.09, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% 0.0021 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.131 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0537, 59.1686, 18.5387)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC65C #5C83ED

analogous

#ED7E5C #EDC65C #CCED5C

triadic

#EDC65C #5CEDC6 #C65CED

tetradic

#EDC65C #5CED7E #5C83ED #ED5CCC

square

#EDC65C #5CED7E #5C83ED #ED5CCC

split-complementary

#EDC65C #5CCCED #7E5CED

monochromatic

#BA8E15 #E7B325 #EDC65C #F3D993 #F9EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#EDC65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC65C

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC65C	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.131 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78e',
    500: '#edc65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc65c;
$custom-light: #f6d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 80.11,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84034,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC65C

secondary

#3458B9

accent

#42DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC65C

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

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