#EDC177#EDC177

#EDC177 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.105 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC177
RGB	rgb(237, 193, 119)
HSL	hsl(38, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 49.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, 6.73, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 43.50, 81.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% 0.0191 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.105 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.3271, 57.4795, 25.5243)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC177 #77A3ED

analogous

#ED8677 #EDC177 #DEED77

triadic

#EDC177 #77EDC1 #C177ED

tetradic

#EDC177 #77ED86 #77A3ED #ED77DE

square

#EDC177 #77ED86 #77A3ED #ED77DE

split-complementary

#EDC177 #77DEED #8677ED

monochromatic

#CE8C1B #E6A841 #EDC177 #F4DAAD #FBF2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#EDC177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC177

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC177	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 193, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.105 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d39f',
    500: '#edc177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc177;
$custom-light: #f5d39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.627,
    "s": 76.623,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83398,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC177

secondary

#4273C6

accent

#59D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC177

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

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