#EDC479#EDC479

#EDC479 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.104 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC479
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 5.34, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 43.26, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% 0.0152 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.105 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1184, 58.8679, 26.3868)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC479 #79A2ED

analogous

#ED8A79 #EDC479 #DCED79

triadic

#EDC479 #79EDC4 #C479ED

tetradic

#EDC479 #79ED8A #79A2ED #ED79DC

square

#EDC479 #79ED8A #79A2ED #ED79DC

split-complementary

#EDC479 #79DCED #8A79ED

monochromatic

#D0901C #E6AC43 #EDC479 #F4DCAF #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EDC479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EDC479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC479

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC479	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.104 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d5a1',
    500: '#edc479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc479;
$custom-light: #f5d5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.793,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84012,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC479

secondary

#4472C6

accent

#55D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC479

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

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