#EBB356#EBB356

#EBB356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.127 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB356
RGB	rgb(235, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 10.73, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 55.25, 78.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0269 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.127 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0638, 50.5779, 15.8226)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB356 #568EEB

analogous

#EB6956 #EBB356 #D8EB56

triadic

#EBB356 #56EBB3 #B356EB

tetradic

#EBB356 #56EB69 #568EEB #EB56D8

square

#EBB356 #56EB69 #568EEB #EB56D8

split-complementary

#EBB356 #56D8EB #6956EB

monochromatic

#B27715 #E59A1F #EBB356 #F1CC8D #F8E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EBB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#EBB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB356

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB356	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.127 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c989',
    500: '#ebb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb356;
$custom-light: #f5c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80071,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB356

secondary

#3363B2

accent

#59DB0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB356

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

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