#EDC169#EDC169

#EDC169 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.118 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC169
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 55.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, 5.55, 49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 49.98, 83.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% 0.014 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.118 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5474, 57.1676, 21.4179)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC169 #6995ED

analogous

#ED7F69 #EDC169 #D7ED69

triadic

#EDC169 #69EDC1 #C169ED

tetradic

#EDC169 #69ED7F #6995ED #ED69D7

square

#EDC169 #69ED7F #6995ED #ED69D7

split-complementary

#EDC169 #69D7ED #7F69ED

monochromatic

#C48B18 #E6AA32 #EDC169 #F4D8A0 #FAEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#EDC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC169

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC169	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)

#D4C161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.118 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d396',
    500: '#edc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc169;
$custom-light: #f6d396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83204,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC169

secondary

#3866C2

accent

#50DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC169

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

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