#EBB449#EBB449

#EBB449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.137 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB449
RGB	rgb(235, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 68.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 9.45, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 60.88, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0215 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.137 81)
XYZ	xyz(51.7880, 50.7894, 13.3777)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB449 #4980EB

analogous

#EB6349 #EBB449 #D1EB49

triadic

#EBB449 #49EBB4 #B449EB

tetradic

#EBB449 #49EB63 #4980EB #EB49D1

square

#EBB449 #49EB63 #4980EB #EB49D1

split-complementary

#EBB449 #49D1EB #6349EB

monochromatic

#A77512 #DE9B18 #EBB449 #F1CB80 #F7E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EBB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#EBB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB449

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB449	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.137 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ca81',
    500: '#ebb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb449;
$custom-light: #f6ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.63,
    "s": 80.198,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80135,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.50786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB449

secondary

#2F59A9

accent

#51DD09

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB449

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

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