#EBB357#EBB357

#EBB357 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.127 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB357
RGB	rgb(235, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 10.80, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 54.82, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0272 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.127 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1044, 50.5941, 16.0363)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB357 #578FEB

analogous

#EB6957 #EBB357 #D9EB57

triadic

#EBB357 #57EBB3 #B357EB

tetradic

#EBB357 #57EB69 #578FEB #EB57D9

square

#EBB357 #57EB69 #578FEB #EB57D9

split-complementary

#EBB357 #57D9EB #6957EB

monochromatic

#B27715 #E49A20 #EBB357 #F2CC8E #F8E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EBB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#EBB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB357

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB357	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.127 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5c989',
    500: '#ebb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb357;
$custom-light: #f5c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80082,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB357

secondary

#3464B3

accent

#59DB0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB357

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

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