#EBB261#EBB261

#EBB261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.119 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB261
RGB	rgb(235, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 12.01, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 50.27, 76.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% 0.0321 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.119 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3419, 50.3697, 18.2724)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB261 #619AEB

analogous

#EB6D61 #EBB261 #DFEB61

triadic

#EBB261 #61EBB2 #B261EB

tetradic

#EBB261 #61EB6D #619AEB #EB61DF

square

#EBB261 #61EB6D #619AEB #EB61DF

split-complementary

#EBB261 #61DFEB #6D61EB

monochromatic

#BA7718 #E4982B #EBB261 #F2CC97 #F9E7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#EBB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#EBB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB261

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB261	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.119 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c890',
    500: '#ebb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb261;
$custom-light: #f5c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.217,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80009,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB261

secondary

#376DB9

accent

#61DA0C

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB261

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

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