#EDC16D#EDC16D

#EDC16D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.114 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC16D
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, 5.87, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 48.14, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% 0.0154 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.114 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7579, 57.2518, 22.5262)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC16D #6D99ED

analogous

#ED816D #EDC16D #D9ED6D

triadic

#EDC16D #6DEDC1 #C16DED

tetradic

#EDC16D #6DED81 #6D99ED #ED6DD9

square

#EDC16D #6DED81 #6D99ED #ED6DD9

split-complementary

#EDC16D #6DD9ED #816DED

monochromatic

#C78B19 #E6AA37 #EDC16D #F4D8A3 #FAEFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EDC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#EDC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC16D

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC16D	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.114 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d399',
    500: '#edc16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc16d;
$custom-light: #f6d399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.375,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83256,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC16D

secondary

#3A69C5

accent

#52DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC16D

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

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