#EDC685#EDC685

#EDC685 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.094 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC685
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 133)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 43.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, 5.45, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 38.08, 81.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% 0.0167 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.094 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3547, 60.0890, 30.6577)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC685 #85ACED

analogous

#ED9285 #EDC685 #E0ED85

triadic

#EDC685 #85EDC6 #C685ED

tetradic

#EDC685 #85ED92 #85ACED #ED85E0

square

#EDC685 #85ED92 #85ACED #ED85E0

split-complementary

#EDC685 #85E0ED #9285ED

monochromatic

#D89320 #E5AD50 #EDC685 #F5DFBA #FBF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EDC685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#EDC685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC685

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC685	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.094 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d7a9',
    500: '#edc685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc685;
$custom-light: #f5d7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84592,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC685

secondary

#4F7CC7

accent

#5AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC685

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

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