#EDD799#EDD799

#EDD799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.083 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD799
RGB	rgb(237, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -1.17, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 33.42, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0011 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.083 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.9764, 68.9074, 40.0086)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD799 #99AFED

analogous

#EDAD99 #EDD799 #D9ED99

triadic

#EDD799 #99EDD7 #D799ED

tetradic

#EDD799 #99EDAD #99AFED #ED99D9

square

#EDD799 #99EDAD #99AFED #ED99D9

split-complementary

#EDD799 #99D9ED #AD99ED

monochromatic

#DBAE31 #E4C365 #EDD799 #F6EBCD #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EDD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#EDD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD799

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD799	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.083 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3b7',
    500: '#edd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd799;
$custom-light: #f4e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88292,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD799

secondary

#617CC9

accent

#45D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD799

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

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