#EDC65E#EDC65E

#EDC65E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.130 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC65E
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, 2.15, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 56.21, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% 0.0028 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.13 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1422, 59.2040, 19.0052)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC65E #5E85ED

analogous

#ED7E5E #EDC65E #CDED5E

triadic

#EDC65E #5EEDC6 #C65EED

tetradic

#EDC65E #5EED7E #5E85ED #ED5ECD

square

#EDC65E #5EED7E #5E85ED #ED5ECD

split-complementary

#EDC65E #5ECDED #7E5EED

monochromatic

#BC8E15 #E7B327 #EDC65E #F3D995 #F9EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#EDC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC65E

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC65E	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)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.130 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78f',
    500: '#edc65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc65e;
$custom-light: #f6d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84055,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC65E

secondary

#3559BA

accent

#43DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC65E

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

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