#EDD99E#EDD99E

#EDD99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.079 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD99E
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(45, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 33.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -1.60, 31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 31.66, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0021 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.079 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.9104, 70.1009, 42.4000)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD99E #9EB2ED

analogous

#EDB19E #EDD99E #DAED9E

triadic

#EDD99E #9EEDD9 #D99EED

tetradic

#EDD99E #9EEDB1 #9EB2ED #ED9EDA

square

#EDD99E #9EEDB1 #9EB2ED #ED9EDA

split-complementary

#EDD99E #9EDAED #B19EED

monochromatic

#DAB137 #E3C56A #EDD99E #F7EDD2 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDD99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#EDD99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD99E

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD99E	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.079 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4bb',
    500: '#edd99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd99e;
$custom-light: #f4e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.81,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88783,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD99E

secondary

#667FC9

accent

#44D115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD99E

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

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