#EDC975#EDC975

#EDC975 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.111 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC975
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 117)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 50.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, 2.38, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 46.45, 87.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% 0.0061 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.111 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0249, 61.0651, 25.5039)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC975 #7599ED

analogous

#ED8D75 #EDC975 #D5ED75

triadic

#EDC975 #75EDC9 #C975ED

tetradic

#EDC975 #75ED8D #7599ED #ED75D5

square

#EDC975 #75ED8D #7599ED #ED75D5

split-complementary

#EDC975 #75D5ED #8D75ED

monochromatic

#CD971B #E6B43F #EDC975 #F4DEAB #FBF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDC975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#EDC975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC975

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC975	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)

#DBC76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.111 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d99e',
    500: '#edc975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc975;
$custom-light: #f5d99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84934,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC975

secondary

#4068C6

accent

#4AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC975

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

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