How are lights glowing at very hot temperatures like 5000K and 6500K kept relatively cool to touch?

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Also, why do their components and things in close proximity not melt or catch fire?

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The temperature is the equivalent of the light given out by a hypothetical construct, called a *blackbody*, at that temperature.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body

It’s equivalent to asking how hot does a piece of metal – that can never melt – needs to be to glow with those same colours.

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