#EDC299#EDC299

#EDC299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.073 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC299
RGB	rgb(237, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(29, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 9.74, 26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 28.15, 69.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% 0.0307 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.073 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.9681, 58.8908, 38.3391)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC299 #99C4ED

analogous

#ED999A #EDC299 #EDEC99

triadic

#EDC299 #99EDC2 #C299ED

tetradic

#EDC299 #9AED99 #99C4ED #EC99ED

square

#EDC299 #9AED99 #99C4ED #EC99ED

split-complementary

#EDC299 #99EDEC #999AED

monochromatic

#DB8431 #E4A365 #EDC299 #F6E1CD #FAEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EDC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC299

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC299	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.073 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d4b7',
    500: '#edc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc299;
$custom-light: #f4d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84187,
    "c": 0.07321,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC299

secondary

#6196C9

accent

#75D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC299

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

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