#EDD299#EDD299

#EDD299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.079 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD299
RGB	rgb(237, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(41, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, 1.40, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 31.76, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% 0.0063 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.079 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.7227, 66.3999, 39.5906)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD299 #99B4ED

analogous

#EDA899 #EDD299 #DEED99

triadic

#EDD299 #99EDD2 #D299ED

tetradic

#EDD299 #99EDA8 #99B4ED #ED99DE

square

#EDD299 #99EDA8 #99B4ED #ED99DE

split-complementary

#EDD299 #99DEED #A899ED

monochromatic

#DBA431 #E4BB65 #EDD299 #F6E9CD #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EDD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#EDD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD299

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD299	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.079 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dfb7',
    500: '#edd299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd299;
$custom-light: #f4dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87301,
    "c": 0.07936,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD299

secondary

#6183C9

accent

#51D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD299

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

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