#EDD697#EDD697

#EDD697 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.084 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD697
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -0.89, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 34.06, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0004 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.084 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.5588, 68.3342, 39.0613)
Luminance	0.6833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD697 #97AEED

analogous

#EDAB97 #EDD697 #D9ED97

triadic

#EDD697 #97EDD6 #D697ED

tetradic

#EDD697 #97EDAB #97AEED #ED97D9

square

#EDD697 #97EDAB #97AEED #ED97D9

split-complementary

#EDD697 #97D9ED #AB97ED

monochromatic

#DBAD2F #E4C163 #EDD697 #F6EBCB #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#EDD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD697

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD697	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.084 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2b6',
    500: '#edd697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd697;
$custom-light: #f4e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.953,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88057,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD697

secondary

#5F7CC9

accent

#46D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD697

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

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