#EBB557#EBB557

#EBB557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB557
RGB	rgb(235, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, 9.74, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 55.16, 79.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0241 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.127 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5081, 51.4016, 16.1709)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB557 #578DEB

analogous

#EB6B57 #EBB557 #D7EB57

triadic

#EBB557 #57EBB5 #B557EB

tetradic

#EBB557 #57EB6B #578DEB #EB57D7

square

#EBB557 #57EB6B #578DEB #EB57D7

split-complementary

#EBB557 #57D7EB #6B57EB

monochromatic

#B27915 #E49D20 #EBB557 #F2CD8E #F8E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EBB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#EBB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB557

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB557	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cb8a',
    500: '#ebb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb557;
$custom-light: #f5cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80465,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB557

secondary

#3462B3

accent

#57DB0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB557

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

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