#EDC697#EDC697

#EDC697 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.076 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC697
RGB	rgb(237, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(33, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, 7.41, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 29.68, 75.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% 0.0238 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.076 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7065, 60.6298, 37.7772)
Luminance	0.6063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC697 #97BEED

analogous

#ED9B97 #EDC697 #E9ED97

triadic

#EDC697 #97EDC6 #C697ED

tetradic

#EDC697 #97ED9B #97BEED #ED97E9

square

#EDC697 #97ED9B #97BEED #ED97E9

split-complementary

#EDC697 #97E9ED #9B97ED

monochromatic

#DB8D2F #E4A963 #EDC697 #F6E3CB #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EDC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#EDC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC697

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC697	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.076 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d7b6',
    500: '#edc697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc697;
$custom-light: #f4d7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.791,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84917,
    "c": 0.07579,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC697

secondary

#5F8FC9

accent

#6AD313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC697

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

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