#EDD18E#EDD18E

#EDD18E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.091 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD18E
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 142)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(42, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 40.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, 0.69, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 36.82, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% 0.0035 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.091 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.6096, 65.5609, 34.9425)
Luminance	0.6556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD18E #8EAAED

analogous

#EDA28E #EDD18E #DAED8E

triadic

#EDD18E #8EEDD1 #D18EED

tetradic

#EDD18E #8EEDA2 #8EAAED #ED8EDA

square

#EDD18E #8EEDA2 #8EAAED #ED8EDA

split-complementary

#EDD18E #8EDAED #A28EED

monochromatic

#DCA624 #E5BC59 #EDD18E #F5E6C3 #FBF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EDD18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#EDD18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD18E

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD18E	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.091 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dfb0',
    500: '#edd18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd18e;
$custom-light: #f4dfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.316,
    "s": 72.519,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86906,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD18E

secondary

#5778C8

accent

#4BD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD18E

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

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