#EBBB40#EBBB40

#EBBB40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.145 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBBB40
RGB	rgb(235, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 72.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, 5.34, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 65.71, 85.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% 0.0085 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.145 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9599, 53.5765, 12.4014)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBBB40 #4070EB

analogous

#EB6540 #EBBB40 #C5EB40

triadic

#EBBB40 #40EBBB #BB40EB

tetradic

#EBBB40 #40EB65 #4070EB #EB40C5

square

#EBBB40 #40EB65 #4070EB #EB40C5

split-complementary

#EBBB40 #40C5EB #6540EB

monochromatic

#A07811 #D7A117 #EBBB40 #F1CF77 #F7E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EBBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#EBBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBBB40

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBBB40	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.145 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf7c',
    500: '#ebbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebbb40;
$custom-light: #f6cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 81.043,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8142,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBBB40

secondary

#2D4EA2

accent

#68F730

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBBB40

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

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