#EBB972#EBB972

#EBB972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.106 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB972
RGB	rgb(235, 185, 114)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(35, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 51.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, 9.67, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 43.76, 77.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% 0.0273 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.106 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6496, 53.5783, 23.3795)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB972 #72A4EB

analogous

#EB7C72 #EBB972 #E0EB72

triadic

#EBB972 #72EBB9 #B972EB

tetradic

#EBB972 #72EB7C #72A4EB #EB72E0

square

#EBB972 #72EB7C #72A4EB #EB72E0

split-complementary

#EBB972 #72E0EB #7C72EB

monochromatic

#C6801C #E39E3C #EBB972 #F3D4A8 #FAEEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EBB972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#EBB972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB972

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB972	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 185, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.106 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cd9c',
    500: '#ebb972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb972;
$custom-light: #f4cd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.207,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8158,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB972

secondary

#3E75C3

accent

#61D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB972

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

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