#EBB259#EBB259

#EBB259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.125 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB259
RGB	rgb(235, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 11.45, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 53.79, 77.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0294 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.125 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9875, 50.2279, 16.4061)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB259 #5992EB

analogous

#EB6959 #EBB259 #DBEB59

triadic

#EBB259 #59EBB2 #B259EB

tetradic

#EBB259 #59EB69 #5992EB #EB59DB

square

#EBB259 #59EB69 #5992EB #EB59DB

split-complementary

#EBB259 #59DBEB #6959EB

monochromatic

#B47616 #E49922 #EBB259 #F2CB90 #F8E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EBB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#EBB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB259

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB259	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)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.125 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c88b',
    500: '#ebb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb259;
$custom-light: #f5c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.575,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79914,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB259

secondary

#3466B4

accent

#5CDB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB259

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

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