#EDC269#EDC269

#EDC269 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.118 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC269
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 105)
HSL	hsl(40, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 55.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, 5.03, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 50.22, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% 0.0125 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.118 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7692, 57.6113, 21.4918)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC269 #6994ED

analogous

#ED8069 #EDC269 #D6ED69

triadic

#EDC269 #69EDC2 #C269ED

tetradic

#EDC269 #69ED80 #6994ED #ED69D6

square

#EDC269 #69ED80 #6994ED #ED69D6

split-complementary

#EDC269 #69D6ED #8069ED

monochromatic

#C48C18 #E6AC32 #EDC269 #F4D8A0 #FAEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EDC269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#EDC269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC269

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC269	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)

#D5C161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.118 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d496',
    500: '#edc269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc269;
$custom-light: #f6d496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83399,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC269

secondary

#3865C2

accent

#4EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC269

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

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