#EDC96E#EDC96E

#EDC96E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.118 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC96E
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 53.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, 1.80, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 49.74, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% 0.0036 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.118 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6286, 60.9066, 23.4168)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC96E #6E92ED

analogous

#ED896E #EDC96E #D1ED6E

triadic

#EDC96E #6EEDC9 #C96EED

tetradic

#EDC96E #6EED89 #6E92ED #ED6ED1

square

#EDC96E #6EED89 #6E92ED #ED6ED1

split-complementary

#EDC96E #6ED1ED #896EED

monochromatic

#C89619 #E6B538 #EDC96E #F4DDA4 #FBF2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDC96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#EDC96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC96E

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC96E	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)

#DBC766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.118 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d99a',
    500: '#edc96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc96e;
$custom-light: #f5d99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8484,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC96E

secondary

#3A62C5

accent

#46DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC96E

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

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