#EDB970#EDB970

#EDB970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.109 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDB970
RGB	rgb(237, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 52.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, 10.31, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 45.14, 76.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% 0.0288 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.109 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2012, 53.8758, 22.8177)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDB970 #70A4ED

analogous

#ED7A70 #EDB970 #E2ED70

triadic

#EDB970 #70EDB9 #B970ED

tetradic

#EDB970 #70ED7A #70A4ED #ED70E2

square

#EDB970 #70ED7A #70A4ED #ED70E2

split-complementary

#EDB970 #70E2ED #7A70ED

monochromatic

#C98019 #E69E3A #EDB970 #F4D4A6 #FBEEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#EDB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#EDB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDB970

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDB970	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edb970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.109 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd9a',
    500: '#edb970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edb970;
$custom-light: #f6cd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edb970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.04,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDB970

secondary

#3C75C5

accent

#61DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDB970

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

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