#EDCD74#EDCD74

#EDCD74 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.115 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD74
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 51.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, 0.23, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 48.09, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0002 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.115 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9110, 62.9309, 25.5108)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD74 #7494ED

analogous

#ED9174 #EDCD74 #D1ED74

triadic

#EDCD74 #74EDCD #CD74ED

tetradic

#EDCD74 #74ED91 #7494ED #ED74D1

square

#EDCD74 #74ED91 #7494ED #ED74D1

split-complementary

#EDCD74 #74D1ED #9174ED

monochromatic

#CC9D1A #E6BA3E #EDCD74 #F4E0AA #FBF4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EDCD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#EDCD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD74

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD74	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.115 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc9e',
    500: '#edcd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd74;
$custom-light: #f5dc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.132,
    "s": 77.07,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85712,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD74

secondary

#3F63C6

accent

#42D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD74

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

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