#EDC974#EDC974

#EDC974 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.112 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC974
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 116)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, 2.30, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 46.93, 87.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% 0.0058 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.112 87)
XYZ	xyz(58.9664, 61.0417, 25.1959)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC974 #7498ED

analogous

#ED8D74 #EDC974 #D4ED74

triadic

#EDC974 #74EDC9 #C974ED

tetradic

#EDC974 #74ED8D #7498ED #ED74D4

square

#EDC974 #74ED8D #7498ED #ED74D4

split-complementary

#EDC974 #74D4ED #8D74ED

monochromatic

#CC971A #E6B43E #EDC974 #F4DEAA #FBF3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDC974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#EDC974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC974

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC974	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.112 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d99e',
    500: '#edc974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc974;
$custom-light: #f5d99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84921,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.61039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC974

secondary

#3F67C6

accent

#49D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC974

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

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