#EDC174#EDC174

#EDC174 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.108 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC174
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, 6.46, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 44.89, 81.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% 0.018 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.108 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1498, 57.4086, 24.5904)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC174 #74A0ED

analogous

#ED8574 #EDC174 #DCED74

triadic

#EDC174 #74EDC1 #C174ED

tetradic

#EDC174 #74ED85 #74A0ED #ED74DC

square

#EDC174 #74ED85 #74A0ED #ED74DC

split-complementary

#EDC174 #74DCED #8574ED

monochromatic

#CC8C1A #E6A93E #EDC174 #F4D9AA #FBF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#EDC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC174

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC174	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)

#D3C16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.108 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d39d',
    500: '#edc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc174;
$custom-light: #f5d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83354,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC174

secondary

#3F70C6

accent

#57D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC174

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

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