#EBB252#EBB252

#EBB252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.130 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB252
RGB	rgb(235, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 65.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 11.01, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 56.81, 78.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% 0.0272 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.13 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7074, 50.1159, 14.9310)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB252 #528BEB

analogous

#EB6652 #EBB252 #D8EB52

triadic

#EBB252 #52EBB2 #B252EB

tetradic

#EBB252 #52EB66 #528BEB #EB52D8

square

#EBB252 #52EB66 #528BEB #EB52D8

split-complementary

#EBB252 #52D8EB #6652EB

monochromatic

#AE7514 #E59A1B #EBB252 #F1CA89 #F8E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#EBB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#EBB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB252

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB252	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.130 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c886',
    500: '#ebb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb252;
$custom-light: #f5c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 79.275,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79838,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB252

secondary

#3261AF

accent

#58DC0A

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB252

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

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