#EBB253#EBB253

#EBB253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB253
RGB	rgb(235, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 64.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 11.07, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 56.38, 78.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0275 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.129 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7458, 50.1312, 15.1328)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB253 #538CEB

analogous

#EB6653 #EBB253 #D8EB53

triadic

#EBB253 #53EBB2 #B253EB

tetradic

#EBB253 #53EB66 #538CEB #EB53D8

square

#EBB253 #53EB66 #538CEB #EB53D8

split-complementary

#EBB253 #53D8EB #6653EB

monochromatic

#AF7514 #E5991C #EBB253 #F1CB8A #F8E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EBB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#EBB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB253

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB253	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c887',
    500: '#ebb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb253;
$custom-light: #f5c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79848,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB253

secondary

#3261B0

accent

#59DB0A

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB253

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

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