#EDCD99#EDCD99

#EDCD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.076 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDCD99
RGB	rgb(237, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(37, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, 3.99, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 30.33, 82.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% 0.0139 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.076 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.5075, 63.9695, 39.1856)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDCD99 #99B9ED

analogous

#EDA399 #EDCD99 #E3ED99

triadic

#EDCD99 #99EDCD #CD99ED

tetradic

#EDCD99 #99EDA3 #99B9ED #ED99E3

square

#EDCD99 #99EDA3 #99B9ED #ED99E3

split-complementary

#EDCD99 #99E3ED #A399ED

monochromatic

#DB9A31 #E4B465 #EDCD99 #F6E7CD #FAF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EDCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#EDCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDCD99

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDCD99	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.076 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dcb7',
    500: '#edcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edcd99;
$custom-light: #f4dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86318,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDCD99

secondary

#6189C9

accent

#5CD214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDCD99

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

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