#EBB255#EBB255

#EBB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.128 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB255
RGB	rgb(235, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 11.20, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 55.52, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0281 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.128 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8241, 50.1625, 15.5454)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB255 #558EEB

analogous

#EB6755 #EBB255 #D9EB55

triadic

#EBB255 #55EBB2 #B255EB

tetradic

#EBB255 #55EB67 #558EEB #EB55D9

square

#EBB255 #55EB67 #558EEB #EB55D9

split-complementary

#EBB255 #55D9EB #6755EB

monochromatic

#B17615 #E5991E #EBB255 #F1CB8C #F8E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EBB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#EBB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB255

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB255	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)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.128 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c888',
    500: '#ebb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb255;
$custom-light: #f5c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79869,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB255

secondary

#3363B1

accent

#5ADB0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB255

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

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