#EDD199#EDD199

#EDD199 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.079 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD199
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(40, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, 1.92, 31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 31.46, 86.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% 0.0078 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.079 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.4765, 65.9077, 39.5086)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD199 #99B5ED

analogous

#EDA799 #EDD199 #DFED99

triadic

#EDD199 #99EDD1 #D199ED

tetradic

#EDD199 #99EDA7 #99B5ED #ED99DF

square

#EDD199 #99EDA7 #99B5ED #ED99DF

split-complementary

#EDD199 #99DFED #A799ED

monochromatic

#DBA231 #E4BA65 #EDD199 #F6E8CD #FAF3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#EDD199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD199

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD199	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.079 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dfb7',
    500: '#edd199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd199;
$custom-light: #f4dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87103,
    "c": 0.07871,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD199

secondary

#6184C9

accent

#53D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD199

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

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