#EBB457#EBB457

#EBB457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.127 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB457
RGB	rgb(235, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 10.27, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 54.99, 79.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% 0.0257 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.127 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3055, 50.9964, 16.1034)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB457 #578EEB

analogous

#EB6A57 #EBB457 #D8EB57

triadic

#EBB457 #57EBB4 #B457EB

tetradic

#EBB457 #57EB6A #578EEB #EB57D8

square

#EBB457 #57EB6A #578EEB #EB57D8

split-complementary

#EBB457 #57D8EB #6A57EB

monochromatic

#B27815 #E49C20 #EBB457 #F2CC8E #F8E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EBB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#EBB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB457

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB457	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.127 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ca8a',
    500: '#ebb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb457;
$custom-light: #f5ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80274,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB457

secondary

#3463B3

accent

#58DB0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB457

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

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