#EDD99F#EDD99F

#EDD99F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.078 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD99F
RGB	rgb(237, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(45, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 32.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -1.48, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 31.16, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0017 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.078 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.9969, 70.1354, 42.8552)
Luminance	0.7013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD99F #9FB3ED

analogous

#EDB29F #EDD99F #DAED9F

triadic

#EDD99F #9FEDD9 #D99FED

tetradic

#EDD99F #9FEDB2 #9FB3ED #ED9FDA

square

#EDD99F #9FEDB2 #9FB3ED #ED9FDA

split-complementary

#EDD99F #9FDAED #B29FED

monochromatic

#DAB038 #E3C56B #EDD99F #F7EDD3 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EDD99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#EDD99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD99F

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD99F	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.078 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4bb',
    500: '#edd99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd99f;
$custom-light: #f4e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88802,
    "c": 0.07785,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD99F

secondary

#6780C9

accent

#45D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD99F

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

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