#EDC962#EDC962

#EDC962 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.128 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC962
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 58.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, 0.88, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 55.23, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0004 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.128 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.0189, 60.6627, 20.2060)
Luminance	0.6066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC962 #6286ED

analogous

#ED8362 #EDC962 #CCED62

triadic

#EDC962 #62EDC9 #C962ED

tetradic

#EDC962 #62ED83 #6286ED #ED62CC

square

#EDC962 #62ED83 #6286ED #ED62CC

split-complementary

#EDC962 #62CCED #8362ED

monochromatic

#BF9316 #E7B62B #EDC962 #F3DC99 #FAEFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#EDC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC962

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC962	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.128 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d992',
    500: '#edc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc962;
$custom-light: #f6d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.46,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84694,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC962

secondary

#3659BD

accent

#40DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC962

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

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