#EDC16E#EDC16E
#EDC16E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.113 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDC16E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 193, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(39, 78%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(39, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 53.6%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.33, 5.95, 47.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.33, 47.68, 82.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.27% 0.0158 0.1123) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.27% 0.113 82) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.8120, 57.2735, 22.8113) |
| Luminance | 0.5727 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 5.90
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 6.05
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 6.47
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.83
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 7.19
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 7.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDC16E #6E9AED
analogous
#ED826E #EDC16E #D9ED6E
triadic
#EDC16E #6EEDC1 #C16EED
tetradic
#EDC16E #6EED82 #6E9AED #ED6ED9
square
#EDC16E #6EED82 #6E9AED #ED6ED9
split-complementary
#EDC16E #6ED9ED #826EED
monochromatic
#C88B19 #E6AA38 #EDC16E #F4D8A4 #FBF0DB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.69
#EDC16E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.45
#EDC16E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDC16E
12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDC16E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDC16E | 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)
#D4C167
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCC71
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEB3AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edc16e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.113 82.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d399',
500: '#edc16e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edc16e; $custom-light: #f6d399; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edc16e",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 193,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 39.213,
"s": 77.914,
"l": 68.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8327,
"c": 0.11337,
"h": 82
},
"luminance": 0.5727
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDC16E
secondary
#3A6AC5
accent
#53DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F