#EBBC42#EBBC42

#EBBC42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.144 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBBC42
RGB	rgb(235, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 71.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, 4.91, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 65.16, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% 0.0075 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.144 87)
XYZ	xyz(53.2307, 54.0255, 12.7775)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBBC42 #4271EB

analogous

#EB6842 #EBBC42 #C5EB42

triadic

#EBBC42 #42EBBC #BC42EB

tetradic

#EBBC42 #42EB68 #4271EB #EB42C5

square

#EBBC42 #42EB68 #4271EB #EB42C5

split-complementary

#EBBC42 #42C5EB #6842EB

monochromatic

#A27911 #D9A317 #EBBC42 #F1D079 #F7E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#EBBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#EBBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBBC42

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBBC42	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.144 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cf7e',
    500: '#ebbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebbc42;
$custom-light: #f6cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.314,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81631,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.54022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBBC42

secondary

#2D4EA4

accent

#68F731

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBBC42

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

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