#EDC862#EDC862

#EDC862 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC862
RGB	rgb(237, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, 1.40, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 54.96, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% 0.0011 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.128 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7866, 60.1980, 20.1285)
Luminance	0.6019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC862 #6287ED

analogous

#ED8262 #EDC862 #CCED62

triadic

#EDC862 #62EDC8 #C862ED

tetradic

#EDC862 #62ED82 #6287ED #ED62CC

square

#EDC862 #62ED82 #6287ED #ED62CC

split-complementary

#EDC862 #62CCED #8262ED

monochromatic

#BF9216 #E7B52B #EDC862 #F3DB99 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#EDC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC862

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC862	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d892',
    500: '#edc862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc862;
$custom-light: #f6d892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.029,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84496,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC862

secondary

#365ABD

accent

#42DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC862

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

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