#EDC472#EDC472

#EDC472 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.111 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC472
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, 4.72, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 46.54, 84.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% 0.0126 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.111 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7046, 58.7024, 24.2076)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC472 #729BED

analogous

#ED8772 #EDC472 #D9ED72

triadic

#EDC472 #72EDC4 #C472ED

tetradic

#EDC472 #72ED87 #729BED #ED72D9

square

#EDC472 #72ED87 #729BED #ED72D9

split-complementary

#EDC472 #72D9ED #8772ED

monochromatic

#CB901A #E6AD3C #EDC472 #F4DBA8 #FBF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#EDC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC472

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC472	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.111 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d59c',
    500: '#edc472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc472;
$custom-light: #f5d59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8391,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC472

secondary

#3E6BC6

accent

#50DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC472

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

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