#EDC268#EDC268

#EDC268 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.119 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC268
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 104)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, 4.96, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 50.68, 84.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% 0.0121 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.119 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7182, 57.5908, 21.2227)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC268 #6893ED

analogous

#ED8068 #EDC268 #D5ED68

triadic

#EDC268 #68EDC2 #C268ED

tetradic

#EDC268 #68ED80 #6893ED #ED68D5

square

#EDC268 #68ED80 #6893ED #ED68D5

split-complementary

#EDC268 #68D5ED #8068ED

monochromatic

#C38C17 #E6AC31 #EDC268 #F4D89F #FAEED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#EDC268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC268

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC268	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.119 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d495',
    500: '#edc268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc268;
$custom-light: #f6d495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.602,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83387,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC268

secondary

#3864C1

accent

#4EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC268

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

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