#EDC168#EDC168

#EDC168 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.119 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC168
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 104)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 5.48, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 50.44, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% 0.0137 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.119 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4963, 57.1472, 21.1488)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC168 #6894ED

analogous

#ED7F68 #EDC168 #D7ED68

triadic

#EDC168 #68EDC1 #C168ED

tetradic

#EDC168 #68ED7F #6894ED #ED68D7

square

#EDC168 #68ED7F #6894ED #ED68D7

split-complementary

#EDC168 #68D7ED #7F68ED

monochromatic

#C38A17 #E6AB31 #EDC168 #F4D79F #FAEED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#EDC168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC168

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC168	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.119 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d395',
    500: '#edc168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc168;
$custom-light: #f6d395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83191,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC168

secondary

#3865C1

accent

#4FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC168

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

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