#EDCD79#EDCD79

#EDCD79 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.110 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD79
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, 0.67, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 45.72, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% 0.0016 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.11 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2097, 63.0504, 27.0839)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD79 #7999ED

analogous

#ED9379 #EDCD79 #D3ED79

triadic

#EDCD79 #79EDCD #CD79ED

tetradic

#EDCD79 #79ED93 #7999ED #ED79D3

square

#EDCD79 #79ED93 #7999ED #ED79D3

split-complementary

#EDCD79 #79D3ED #9379ED

monochromatic

#D09E1C #E6B943 #EDCD79 #F4E1AF #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#EDCD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#EDCD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD79

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD79	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.110 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dca1',
    500: '#edcd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd79;
$custom-light: #f5dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85782,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD79

secondary

#4468C6

accent

#45D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD79

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

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