#EDC468#EDC468

#EDC468 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.120 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC468
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 104)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 56.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, 3.92, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 51.17, 85.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% 0.0091 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.12 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1663, 58.4870, 21.3721)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC468 #6891ED

analogous

#ED8268 #EDC468 #D3ED68

triadic

#EDC468 #68EDC4 #C468ED

tetradic

#EDC468 #68ED82 #6891ED #ED68D3

square

#EDC468 #68ED82 #6891ED #ED68D3

split-complementary

#EDC468 #68D3ED #8268ED

monochromatic

#C38E17 #E6AF31 #EDC468 #F4D99F #FAEFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC468 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EDC468 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC468

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC468	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC468	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc468;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.120 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d595',
    500: '#edc468',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc468;
$custom-light: #f6d595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc468",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 78.698,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83778,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC468

secondary

#3862C1

accent

#4BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC468

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

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