#EDCD78#EDCD78

#EDCD78 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.111 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD78
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 120)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 49.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, 0.58, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 46.20, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% 0.0012 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.111 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.1487, 63.0260, 26.7626)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD78 #7898ED

analogous

#ED9378 #EDCD78 #D2ED78

triadic

#EDCD78 #78EDCD #CD78ED

tetradic

#EDCD78 #78ED93 #7898ED #ED78D2

square

#EDCD78 #78ED93 #7898ED #ED78D2

split-complementary

#EDCD78 #78D2ED #9378ED

monochromatic

#CF9E1C #E6B942 #EDCD78 #F4E1AE #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EDCD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#EDCD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD78

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD78	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.111 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dca0',
    500: '#edcd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd78;
$custom-light: #f5dca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.59,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85768,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD78

secondary

#4367C6

accent

#45D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD78

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

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