#EDC679#EDC679

#EDC679 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.105 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC679
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, 4.30, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 43.76, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% 0.0122 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.105 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.5726, 59.7762, 26.5382)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC679 #79A0ED

analogous

#ED8C79 #EDC679 #DAED79

triadic

#EDC679 #79EDC6 #C679ED

tetradic

#EDC679 #79ED8C #79A0ED #ED79DA

square

#EDC679 #79ED8C #79A0ED #ED79DA

split-complementary

#EDC679 #79DAED #8C79ED

monochromatic

#D0931C #E6AF43 #EDC679 #F4DDAF #FBF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EDC679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#EDC679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC679

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC679	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.105 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d7a1',
    500: '#edc679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc679;
$custom-light: #f5d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84403,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC679

secondary

#4470C6

accent

#51D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC679

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

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