#EBB979#EBB979

#EBB979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.100 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBB979
RGB	rgb(235, 185, 121)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(34, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 10.30, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 40.56, 75.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% 0.0299 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.1 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.0634, 53.7438, 25.5588)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBB979 #79ABEB

analogous

#EB8079 #EBB979 #E4EB79

triadic

#EBB979 #79EBB9 #B979EB

tetradic

#EBB979 #79EB80 #79ABEB #EB79E4

square

#EBB979 #79EB80 #79ABEB #EB79E4

split-complementary

#EBB979 #79E4EB #8079EB

monochromatic

#CB7F1E #E39D44 #EBB979 #F3D5AE #FBF1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EBB979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#EBB979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBB979

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBB979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBB979	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebb979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 185, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.100 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4cea0',
    500: '#ebb979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebb979;
$custom-light: #f4cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebb979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.684,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81687,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBB979

secondary

#447CC4

accent

#67D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBB979

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

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