#EBBB42#EBBB42

#EBBB42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.144 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBBB42
RGB	rgb(235, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 71.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, 5.44, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 64.95, 85.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% 0.009 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.144 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0178, 53.5997, 12.7065)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBBB42 #4272EB

analogous

#EB6742 #EBBB42 #C6EB42

triadic

#EBBB42 #42EBBB #BB42EB

tetradic

#EBBB42 #42EB67 #4272EB #EB42C6

square

#EBBB42 #42EB67 #4272EB #EB42C6

split-complementary

#EBBB42 #42C6EB #6742EB

monochromatic

#A27811 #D9A217 #EBBB42 #F1CF79 #F7E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#EBBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#EBBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBBB42

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBBB42	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)

#D1BA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.144 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf7d',
    500: '#ebbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebbb42;
$custom-light: #f6cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.959,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81435,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBBB42

secondary

#2D4FA4

accent

#69F731

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBBB42

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

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