#EDC978#EDC978

#EDC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.108 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC978
RGB	rgb(237, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, 2.65, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 45.04, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% 0.0072 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.108 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2041, 61.1368, 26.4478)
Luminance	0.6113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC978 #789CED

analogous

#ED8E78 #EDC978 #D7ED78

triadic

#EDC978 #78EDC9 #C978ED

tetradic

#EDC978 #78ED8E #789CED #ED78D7

square

#EDC978 #78ED8E #789CED #ED78D7

split-complementary

#EDC978 #78D7ED #8E78ED

monochromatic

#CF981C #E6B342 #EDC978 #F4DFAE #FBF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EDC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#EDC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC978

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC978	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.108 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9a0',
    500: '#edc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc978;
$custom-light: #f5d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84977,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC978

secondary

#436BC6

accent

#4CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC978

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

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