#EDC489#EDC489

#EDC489 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.089 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC489
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(35, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 42.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, 6.91, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 35.74, 78.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% 0.0213 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.089 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1822, 59.2934, 31.9895)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC489 #89B2ED

analogous

#ED9289 #EDC489 #E4ED89

triadic

#EDC489 #89EDC4 #C489ED

tetradic

#EDC489 #89ED92 #89B2ED #ED89E4

square

#EDC489 #89ED92 #89B2ED #ED89E4

split-complementary

#EDC489 #89E4ED #9289ED

monochromatic

#DA8E21 #E5A954 #EDC489 #F5DFBE #FBF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EDC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#EDC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC489

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC489	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.089 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d5ac',
    500: '#edc489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc489;
$custom-light: #f4d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84271,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC489

secondary

#5283C8

accent

#61D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF7

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC489

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

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