#EBB257#EBB257

#EBB257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB257
RGB	rgb(235, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 11.32, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 54.66, 78.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0288 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.126 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9047, 50.1948, 15.9698)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB257 #5790EB

analogous

#EB6857 #EBB257 #DAEB57

triadic

#EBB257 #57EBB2 #B257EB

tetradic

#EBB257 #57EB68 #5790EB #EB57DA

square

#EBB257 #57EB68 #5790EB #EB57DA

split-complementary

#EBB257 #57DAEB #6857EB

monochromatic

#B27615 #E49920 #EBB257 #F2CB8E #F8E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EBB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#EBB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB257

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB257	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c889',
    500: '#ebb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb257;
$custom-light: #f5c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.892,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79891,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB257

secondary

#3465B3

accent

#5BDB0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB257

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

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