#EDC759#EDC759

#EDC759 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.134 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC759
RGB	rgb(237, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, 1.31, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 58.66, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0003 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.134 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1544, 59.5758, 17.9381)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC759 #597FED

analogous

#ED7D59 #EDC759 #C9ED59

triadic

#EDC759 #59EDC7 #C759ED

tetradic

#EDC759 #59ED7D #597FED #ED59C9

square

#EDC759 #59ED7D #597FED #ED59C9

split-complementary

#EDC759 #59C9ED #7D59ED

monochromatic

#B88E14 #E7B422 #EDC759 #F3DA90 #F9ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#EDC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC759

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC759	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.134 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78c',
    500: '#edc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc759;
$custom-light: #f6d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.842,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC759

secondary

#3355B7

accent

#3FDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC759

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

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