#EDC474#EDC474

#EDC474 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.109 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC474
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, 4.89, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 45.61, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% 0.0134 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.109 83)
XYZ	xyz(57.8197, 58.7484, 24.8137)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC474 #749DED

analogous

#ED8874 #EDC474 #DAED74

triadic

#EDC474 #74EDC4 #C474ED

tetradic

#EDC474 #74ED88 #749DED #ED74DA

square

#EDC474 #74ED88 #749DED #ED74DA

split-complementary

#EDC474 #74DAED #8874ED

monochromatic

#CC901A #E6AD3E #EDC474 #F4DBAA #FBF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EDC474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#EDC474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC474

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC474	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.109 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d59d',
    500: '#edc474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc474;
$custom-light: #f5d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83939,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.58745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC474

secondary

#3F6DC6

accent

#52D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC474

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

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