#EBB559#EBB559

#EBB559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.126 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB559
RGB	rgb(235, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 9.87, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 54.29, 79.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.0248 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.126 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5910, 51.4348, 16.6072)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB559 #598FEB

analogous

#EB6C59 #EBB559 #D8EB59

triadic

#EBB559 #59EBB5 #B559EB

tetradic

#EBB559 #59EB6C #598FEB #EB59D8

square

#EBB559 #59EB6C #598FEB #EB59D8

split-complementary

#EBB559 #59D8EB #6C59EB

monochromatic

#B47916 #E49D22 #EBB559 #F2CD90 #F8E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#EBB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#EBB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB559

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB559	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.126 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5cb8b',
    500: '#ebb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb559;
$custom-light: #f5cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80487,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB559

secondary

#3463B4

accent

#58DB0B

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB559

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

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