#EDC272#EDC272

#EDC272 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.110 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC272
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(39, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 5.77, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 46.06, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% 0.0157 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.11 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2565, 57.8062, 24.0582)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC272 #729DED

analogous

#ED8572 #EDC272 #DBED72

triadic

#EDC272 #72EDC2 #C272ED

tetradic

#EDC272 #72ED85 #729DED #ED72DB

square

#EDC272 #72ED85 #729DED #ED72DB

split-complementary

#EDC272 #72DBED #8572ED

monochromatic

#CB8D1A #E6AB3C #EDC272 #F4D9A8 #FBF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EDC272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#EDC272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC272

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC272	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.110 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d49c',
    500: '#edc272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc272;
$custom-light: #f5d49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.024,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8352,
    "c": 0.11016,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC272

secondary

#3E6DC6

accent

#54DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC272

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

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