#EDC96D#EDC96D

#EDC96D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.119 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC96D
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 54%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, 1.71, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 50.20, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% 0.0033 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.119 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.5744, 60.8849, 23.1317)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC96D #6D91ED

analogous

#ED896D #EDC96D #D1ED6D

triadic

#EDC96D #6DEDC9 #C96DED

tetradic

#EDC96D #6DED89 #6D91ED #ED6DD1

square

#EDC96D #6DED89 #6D91ED #ED6DD1

split-complementary

#EDC96D #6DD1ED #896DED

monochromatic

#C79619 #E6B537 #EDC96D #F4DDA3 #FAF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#EDC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC96D

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC96D	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.119 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d999',
    500: '#edc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc96d;
$custom-light: #f5d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 78.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84827,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC96D

secondary

#3A61C5

accent

#45DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC96D

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

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