#EDC26D#EDC26D
#EDC26D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.115 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EDC26D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 194, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(40, 78%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(40, 54%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 54%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.57, 5.35, 48.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.57, 48.38, 83.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.45% 0.0139 0.1139) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.45% 0.115 83) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.9797, 57.6954, 22.6001) |
| Luminance | 0.5769 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.63
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 6.02
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 6.44
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.85
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 6.86
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 7.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EDC26D #6D98ED
analogous
#ED826D #EDC26D #D8ED6D
triadic
#EDC26D #6DEDC2 #C26DED
tetradic
#EDC26D #6DED82 #6D98ED #ED6DD8
square
#EDC26D #6DED82 #6D98ED #ED6DD8
split-complementary
#EDC26D #6DD8ED #826DED
monochromatic
#C78C19 #E6AB37 #EDC26D #F4D9A3 #FAF0DA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.67
#EDC26D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.54
#EDC26D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EDC26D
12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EDC26D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EDC26D | 1.00 | 1.67 | 12.54 | 12.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5C166
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCD70
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEB4AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #edc26d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.115 83.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d499',
500: '#edc26d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #edc26d; $custom-light: #f6d499; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#edc26d",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 194,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 39.844,
"s": 78.049,
"l": 67.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83451,
"c": 0.11472,
"h": 83
},
"luminance": 0.57692
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EDC26D
secondary
#3A68C5
accent
#51DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F