#EDD699#EDD699

#EDD699 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.082 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD699
RGB	rgb(237, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -0.65, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 33.07, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% 0.0004 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.082 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.7226, 68.3997, 39.9240)
Luminance	0.6840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD699 #99B0ED

analogous

#EDAC99 #EDD699 #DAED99

triadic

#EDD699 #99EDD6 #D699ED

tetradic

#EDD699 #99EDAC #99B0ED #ED99DA

square

#EDD699 #99EDAC #99B0ED #ED99DA

split-complementary

#EDD699 #99DAED #AC99ED

monochromatic

#DBAC31 #E4C165 #EDD699 #F6EBCD #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EDD699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#EDD699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD699

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD699	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.082 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2b7',
    500: '#edd699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd699;
$custom-light: #f4e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88093,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD699

secondary

#617EC9

accent

#48D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD699

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

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