#EDC596#EDC596

#EDC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.077 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC596
RGB	rgb(237, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(32, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, 7.82, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 29.95, 74.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% 0.0249 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.077 71)
XYZ	xyz(60.3979, 60.1418, 37.2754)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC596 #96BEED

analogous

#ED9996 #EDC596 #E9ED96

triadic

#EDC596 #96EDC5 #C596ED

tetradic

#EDC596 #96ED99 #96BEED #ED96E9

square

#EDC596 #96ED99 #96BEED #ED96E9

split-complementary

#EDC596 #96E9ED #9996ED

monochromatic

#DB8B2E #E4A862 #EDC596 #F6E2CA #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#EDC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC596

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC596	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.077 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d6b5',
    500: '#edc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc596;
$custom-light: #f4d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.414,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84704,
    "c": 0.07651,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.60139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC596

secondary

#5E8FC9

accent

#6BD313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC596

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

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