#EDC65D#EDC65D

#EDC65D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.131 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC65D
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 60.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, 2.09, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 56.65, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% 0.0025 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.131 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.0977, 59.1862, 18.7704)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC65D #5D84ED

analogous

#ED7E5D #EDC65D #CCED5D

triadic

#EDC65D #5DEDC6 #C65DED

tetradic

#EDC65D #5DED7E #5D84ED #ED5DCC

square

#EDC65D #5DED7E #5D84ED #ED5DCC

split-complementary

#EDC65D #5DCCED #7E5DED

monochromatic

#BB8E15 #E7B326 #EDC65D #F3D994 #F9EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#EDC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC65D

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC65D	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.131 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78e',
    500: '#edc65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc65d;
$custom-light: #f6d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84044,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC65D

secondary

#3459BA

accent

#42DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC65D

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

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