#EDC173#EDC173

#EDC173 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.109 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC173
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 51.5%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, 6.37, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 45.36, 81.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% 0.0176 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.109 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0920, 57.3855, 24.2857)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC173 #739FED

analogous

#ED8473 #EDC173 #DCED73

triadic

#EDC173 #73EDC1 #C173ED

tetradic

#EDC173 #73ED84 #739FED #ED73DC

square

#EDC173 #73ED84 #739FED #ED73DC

split-complementary

#EDC173 #73DCED #8473ED

monochromatic

#CB8C1A #E6A93D #EDC173 #F4D9A9 #FBF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#EDC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC173

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC173	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.109 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d39d',
    500: '#edc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc173;
$custom-light: #f5d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.361,
    "s": 77.215,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8334,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC173

secondary

#3F6FC6

accent

#56D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC173

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →