#EDC970#EDC970

#EDC970 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.116 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC970
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 52.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, 1.96, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 48.80, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% 0.0043 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.116 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.7387, 60.9506, 23.9968)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC970 #7094ED

analogous

#ED8A70 #EDC970 #D2ED70

triadic

#EDC970 #70EDC9 #C970ED

tetradic

#EDC970 #70ED8A #7094ED #ED70D2

square

#EDC970 #70ED8A #7094ED #ED70D2

split-complementary

#EDC970 #70D2ED #8A70ED

monochromatic

#C99719 #E6B43A #EDC970 #F4DEA6 #FBF2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#EDC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC970

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC970	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.116 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d99b',
    500: '#edc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc970;
$custom-light: #f5d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84866,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC970

secondary

#3C63C5

accent

#47DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC970

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

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